Echinocereus dasyacanthus

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Read about Echinocereus dasyacanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Echinocereus dasyacanthus, Engelm. (Cereus dasyacanthus, Engelm.). Sts. solitary or sometimes forming open clusters, ellipsoidal to short-cylindrical ribs 15-21. straight or sometimes slightly spiral, obtuse: radial spines 20-30, straight or sometimes slightly curved, subulate, stiff, sharp, pectinate, white with red or brown tips, later gray, the laterals longest, ½-1 in., the upper ones shortest, about ⅜ in., those of one cluster interlocking with those of the adjacent clusters; centrals 3-8, the lower one longest, white with colored tips, mostly with bulbose bases: fls. from near the crown of the st. large, 2½-3 in. long; ovary and short tube covered with white, reddish tipped stiff bristles; corolla yellow: fr. 1-1½ in. long, ellipsoidal, spiny, green to reddish. Texas. CH


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