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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocactus phyllacanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocactus phyllacanthus, Mart. From globose to cylindrical, with depressed vertex, simple or proliferous, 2⅓- 3⅗ inches broad: ribs 40-55 (sometimes as few as 30), very much crowded and compressed, thin, acute, very wavy, continuous or somewhat interrupted: radial spines 5 (sometimes 6 or 7), straight and spreading, the 2 lowest ones white, rigid, ⅙-¼ inch long, half as long as the 2 darker, angled, larger laterals, the uppermost spine thin and broad, channeled above, faintly annulate, flexible, grayish pink, ⅗-1 inch long; central spines none: flowers small, dirty white. Mex. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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+Echinocactus phyllacanthus, Mart. From globose to cylindrical, with depressed vertex, simple or proliferous, 2⅓- 3⅗ inches broad: ribs 40-55 (sometimes as few as 30), very much crowded and compressed, thin, acute, very wavy, continuous or somewhat interrupted: radial spines 5 (sometimes 6 or 7), straight and spreading, the 2 lowest ones white, rigid, ⅙-¼ inch long, half as long as the 2 darker, angled, larger laterals, the uppermost spine thin and broad, channeled above, faintly annulate, flexible, grayish pink, ⅗-1 inch long; central spines none: flowers small, dirty white. Mex.
-Echinocactus phyllacanthus, Mart. From globose to cylindrical, with depressed vertex, simple or proliferous, 2⅓- 3⅗ in. broad: ribs 40-55 (sometimes as few as 30), very much crowded and compressed, thin, acute, very wavy, continuous or somewhat interrupted: radial spines 5 (sometimes 6 or 7), straight and spreading, the 2 lowest ones white, rigid, ⅙-¼ in. long, half as long as the 2 darker, angled, larger laterals, the uppermost spine thin and broad, channeled above, faintly annulate, flexible, grayish pink, ⅗-1 in. long; central spines none: fls. small, dirty white. Mex.
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