Echinocactus brevihamatus

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Echinocactus brevihamatus, Engelm. Globose-ovate, very dark green: ribs 13, deeply tuberculate-interrupted, the tubercles with a woolly groove extending to the base: radial spines mostly 12, terete, straight, white or yellowish, with dusky tips, ½-1 in. long, the upper longer; central spines 4 (rarely 1 or 2 additional ones), flattened, white with black tips, the 2 lateral ones divergent upward, straight or a little recurved, 1-2 in. long, the uppermost one weaker, the lower stoutest and darkest, porrect or deflexed, hooked downward, ¾-1 in. long: fls. funnelform. rose-color, 1-1½ in. long. S. W. Texas and New Mex. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

1. REDIRECT Sclerocactus brevihamatus subsp. brevihamatus