View source for Echinocereus Roetteri

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Echinocereus Roetteri, Rumpl. (Cereus Roetteri, Engelm.). Loosely open clustered: sts. upright, 4-6 in. high, 2- 3 in. diam., cylindrical or ovoid: ribs 10-13, straight: radial spines 8-15, subulate, thickened at the base, stiff, sharp, straight or slightly curved, the laterals longest, about ½ in., the upper ones shortest, reddish with darker tips; centrals 2-5, stouter, bulbose at base, ¼-⅜ in. long, the lower ones the longest; later all the spines are gray: fls. lateral, from near the crown, 2½-3 in. long, purple-red to violet: fr. short ellipsoidal, spiny, green, ¾ in. long. Texas to Ariz, and N. Mex.
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