Green-flower hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm.
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Morphology
- Stem
- Succulent herbs, erect, branched or unbranched, rarely forming clumps. Stems not segmented, spherical to cylindric, prominently ribbed, ribs bearing small tubercules; areoles apical on tubercle, not woolly. Spines red, white, yellow, or purple, not barbed; radial spines (12-)38-45 per areole, straight or curved, .08 to .7 inch; central spines 0-17, straight, curved, or twisted, smooth, not barbed, .2 to 1.6 inch; glochids absent.
- Leaves
- Leaves essentially absent.
- Flower
- Flowers borne on old growth, funnelform or short tubular, .8 to 1.4 inch; tepals yellowish green, mid-stripes often darker; anthers yellow; filaments yellowish green; style yellow; stigma lobes green or yellowish green.
- Fruit
- Berry-like, green, globose or ellipsoid, .25 to .7 inch long, .25 to .5 inch wide, spiny; seeds black, globose to obovoid, .03 to .08 inch, tuberculate.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Sandy, gravelly, or rocky shortgrass prairies
- Distribution
- Western-most tier of counties in Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Echinocereus, spine and Cereus, a genus of columnar cactus and viridiflorus, green and flower.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Cactaceae - Cactus Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 3-12 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2016-06-21
Color Groups
Yellow Wildflowers
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Blooms: May, June