WorldFloraDB - Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Characteristics

Plants unbranched or 1-12(-76)-branched, forming large mounds of branches to 300. Stems usually erect or nearly so, cylindric (spheric), (2-)5-70 × (3-)5-13 cm; ribs 5-8 or 8-12, crests slightly undulate (localized populations contain plants with strongly interrupted ribs); areoles 10-40 mm apart. Spines (0-)3-11 per areole, straight to curved or contorted, appressed (radial spines) or spreading to projecting outward (some radials and central spines when present), white to yellow, gray, or black; radial spines (0-)1-10 per areole, (0-)15-90 mm; central spines 0-1(-4) per areole, angular, (0-)50-120 mm. Flowers (4-)5-10 × 3-7 cm; flower tube 20-35 mm; flower tube hairs 1-2 mm; inner tepals bright orange-red to dark red, proximally paler (bases sometimes yellow or white), (18-)25-40 × (5-)10-15 mm, tips thick and rigid; anthers usually pink to purple; nectar chamber 5-11 mm. Fruits green to yellow-green or pink (rarely red), (15-)20-35 mm, pulp white. 2n = 22.

More

A cactus. It forms clumps or clusters. It grows 30-40 cm high and spreads 20-50 cm wide. The stems are cylinder shaped and can be 15-20 cm long. They are 5 cm wide. They can occur singly or in clumps. They have about 10 ribs. They have short spine in a ring around a central spine. This central one can be 7 cm long. The flowers are red and long tubes. They can be 5 cm across. Some different varieties occur. The fruit is round and pink or red. It has spines which fall off.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

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Mature width (meter)

0.2 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.3 - 0.5

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Xerophyllous scrub to pine-oak forests, growing on rocky or grassy hillsides, ledges, and canyons; mostly on igneous rocks, sometimes limestone.; at elevations from 150-3,000 metres.

More

It is a temperate plant. Desert. It needs a temperature above 10°C. It can grow in arid places. It suits hardiness zones 6-11.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh or made into preserves. The fruit pulp is sliced and baked like squash. It can be baked in sugar to make a sweet pickle.

Uses	beverage environmental use food medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
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Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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