Echinofossulocactus G. Lawrenz (1841)
(latin echinus = hedgehog; latin fossula = small furrow, ditch)
small furrow cactus, lamella cactus
because of the thin wavy ribs
globular to cudgel shaped; numerous ribs, on adult plants more than 100, wavy
number of spines, color, shape and lenght very different
flowers appear near the crown, mid-size to small-size, white, violet or red tinted, also striped,
appear in early spring; fruits are dry, with few seeds
new taxanomy uses the name of the genus Stenocactus (K. Schumann) A. Berger (1929)
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Distribution |
USA - Texas
from north to central Mexico - from Chihuahua to Oaxaca
very warm steppes |
Growth period |
light and warm, with protection against full sun, without protection is sun burn possible
enough moisture during the growth period |
Winter period |
cold and not completly dry at 8–15°C (46–59°F) |
Substrat |
normal cactus soil with some humus |
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| Echinofossulocactus violaciflorus (L. Quehl) Britton & Rose (1922) |
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Habitat |
Mexico
Aguas Calientes
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Description |
violet blooming Echinofossulocactus
globular to elongated, to 10 cm (3.9 in) Ø, blueish-green
crown with spines
ribs about 35, thin, deep crenated
areoles at the beginning gray felted
4 radial spines, glassy white, stem-shaped rounded, upper pair 0.7–0.9 cm (0.2–0.3 in) long,
lower pair about
1.2 cm (0.5 in) long
3 upper spines, the middle one especially long, hooped,
fairly adjacent, first honey-yellow, with brown tip, the 2 sidewise are less broad,
behind the middle one also 1 glassy thin add-on spine
flowers 2.5 cm (1 in) long, white with purple-violet center
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Echinocactus violaciflorus L. Quehl (1912)
Brittonrosea violaciflora (L. Quehl) C. Spegazzini (1923) (incorrect Name)
Stenocactus violaciflorus (L. Quehl) A. Berger (1929)
Stenocactus dichroacanthus var. violaciflorus (L. Quehl) H. Bravo (1982)
Echinofossulocactus crispatus fa. violaciflorus (L. Quehl) P. V. Heath (1992)
Stenocactus dichroacanthus ssp. violaciflorus (L. Quehl) U. Guzmán & Vázquez-Benítez (2003)
Stenocactus crispatus (A. P. De Candolle) A. Berger (1929) |
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