Echinocereus fasciculatus

Echinocereus fasciculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species: E. fasciculatus
Binomial name
Echinocereus fasciculatus
(Engelm. ex B.D. Jacks.) L.D. Benson

Echinocereus fasciculatus (pinkflower hedgehog cactus) is a clumping cactus (Cactaceae) with brilliant magenta flowers and long spines found in the Sonoran Desert.[1]:90

References

  1. Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
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