Echinocereus primolanatus
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| Echinocereus primolanatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Echinocereus |
| Species: | E. primolanatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinocereus primolanatus Fritz Schwarz ex N.P.Taylor 1985 | |
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Echinocereus primolanatus is a species of cactus native to Mexico.[2]
Echinocereus primolanatus typically grows singly with occasionally enlarged roots. The green shoots are spherical to cylindrical, 4 to 12 centimeters long, and 2.5 to 5.5 centimeters in diameter, covered in thorns. There are 16 to 26 slightly tuberculated ribs. Young shoots have 1 to 3 hair-like, brownish central thorns up to 1.5 centimeters long. The 20 to 28 dirty white radial spines, arranged in two comb-like rows, are up to 0.4 centimeters long. The broad, funnel-shaped flowers are bright pink, 5.5 to 9 centimeters long, and 5 to 9 centimeters in diameter, appearing near the shoot tips from very woolly buds. The egg-shaped fruits are almost dry, tear lengthwise, and are covered with dense wool and spines.[3]
