Echinocereus enneacanthus

Echinocereus enneacanthus forms low cushions with 30 to 200 shoots. The cloudy to light green, cylindrical shoots, which are prostrate except for the tips, are up to two meters (6 ft 7 in) meters long and have a diameter of 3.5 to 15 cm (1.4 to 5.9 in). There are seven to ten ribs that are not clearly tuberculated. The one to four straight or curved, round to flattened, angular or furrowed central spines are yellowish to brownish or bluish. They are up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long. The six to 13 straight, whitish to brownish marginal spines are up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long.^{[citation needed]}

The funnel-shaped flowers are magenta colored and have a darker throat. They appear below the shoot tips, are up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long and reach a diameter of 8 to 12 cm (3.1 to 4.7 in). The spherical to egg-shaped fruits contain pink flesh and taste like strawberries.^[3]

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This species is divided into the following subspecies:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Echinocereus enneacanthus var. carnosus (Rümpler) J.Neumann	Texas and Mexico
	Echinocereus enneacanthus var. enneacanthus	Texas and Mexico

Echinocereus enneacanthus is distributed in the United States in the state of Texas and New Mexico is also found in northeast Mexico in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila and Zacatecas at elevations of 0 to 1800 meters.^[4] Plants are found growing in limestone soil in grasslands along with Echinocereus stramineus, Echinocereus chisoensis, Echinocereus dasyacanthus, Mammillaria lasiacantha, Lophophora diffusa, and Neolloydia conoidea.^[5]

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  Echinocereus enneacanthus carnosus in Langtry, Texas
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  Plants growing in Villa Arista, San Luis Potosi
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  Plants growing near Estacion Vanegas
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  Plants growing in habitat with Neolloydia conoidea in Parras De La Fuente, Coahuila