Echinocereus cinerascens (Dc.) Lem.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Echinocereus

Characteristics

A cactus. The fruit are green and spiny.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.43
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 2,000-2,600 m above sea level. It suits USDA hardiness zones 9-11.
More
Thorny Prosopis scrub (mesquite) and xerophytic shrubland; at elevations around 1,600 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Conservation status

Echinocereus cinerascens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000661202
COL ID 38GS9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cereus acinaciformis Cereus aciniformis Cereus cinerascens Cereus deppei Echinocereus undulatus Echinocereus deppei Cereus cinerascens var. crassior Cereus cinerascens var. tenuior Echinocereus glycimorphus var. undulatus Echinocereus cinerascens var. crassior Echinocereus cinerascens

Lower taxons

Echinocereus cinerascens subsp. septentrionalis Echinocereus cinerascens subsp. tulensis Echinocereus cinerascens subsp. cinerascens