Echinocactus wislizenii

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Echinocactus wislizenii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Echinocactus Wislizenii, Engelm. At first globose, then ovate to cylindrical, 1⅔-4 ft. high: ribs 21-25 (13 in small specimens), acute and oblique, more or less tuberculate: radial spines ⅗-2 in. long, the 3 upper and 3-5 lower ones stiff, straight or curved, annulate, red (in old specimens the 3 stout upper radials move toward the center and become surrounded by the upper bristly ones), the 12-20 laterals (sometimes additional shorter ones above) bristly, elongated, flexuous, horizontally spreading, yellowish white; centrals 4, stout, angled, and red, 1⅗-3⅕ in. long, the 3 upper straight, the lower one longest (sometimes as much as 4-5 in.), very robust (flat and channeled above), hooked downward: fls. yellow or sometimes red, 2-2⅗ in. long. From S. Utah to NT. Mex. and Low. Calif. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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