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Echinocereus ledingii Peebles

Leding's hedgehog cactus (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Echinocereus

Characteristics

Plants 4-15-branched, forming rather open clumps. Stems erect, cylindric, 15-50 × 6-8 cm; ribs 12-14(-16), crests slightly un-dulate; areoles 15-25 mm apart. Spines 10-16 per areole, mostly straight or central spines strongly curving down near base; radial spines 9-11 per areole, pale to golden yellow, aging darker colored or black, 12-15 mm; central spines 1(-5) per areole, all yellow or whitish, terete, 20-25 mm. Flowers 5-6 × 5-6 cm; flower tube 15-20 × 15-25 mm; flower tube hairs 2 mm; inner tepals magenta to rose-pink, darker proximally, 30 × 5-12 mm, tips relatively thin and delicate; anthers yellow; nectar chamber 5-8 mm. Fruits green, sometimes tinged reddish to brownish, 20-30 mm, pulp white. 2n = 22.
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A cactus. The plants form clumps of 4-10 stems. The spines obscure the stems. The stems are cylinder shaped and green. They are 2.5-5 cm long and 6-7.5 cm wide. There are 12-14 ribs. There are 1-4 central spines and 9-11 around them. The flowers can be at the tips of the stems or along the side. They are funnel shaped and red. They are 5-6 cm long and 5-6 cm wide. The fruit are round and green. They become red, fleshy and edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Chaparral, growing on rocky, gravelly, sandy slopes; at elevations from 1,219-2,012 metres.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-9

Usage

Uses food
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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Distribution

Echinocereus ledingii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Echinocereus ledingii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000661325
COL ID 38GTS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Echinocereus ledingii Echinocereus fendleri var. ledingii
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