Echinocactus cornigerus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocactus cornigerus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocactus cornigerus, DC. Globose or depressed-globose, 10-16 in. diam.: ribs about 21, very acute and wavy (not tuberculately interrupted): radial spines 6-10, white and comparatively slender, or wanting; centrals red and very robust, angular-compressed, with long, sharp, horny tips, the upper 3 erect-spreading, 1-1½ in. long, the lower 2 weaker and declined, the central one longer, more rigid and keeled, very broad (⅕-⅓ in.) and hooked downward: fls. purple, 1-1½ in. long. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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