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  2. Echinocereus stramineus - Wikipedia

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    Echinocereus stramineus is a species of cactus, with stramineus meaning made of straw. There are various common names such as strawberry cactus, porcupine hedgehog cactus, straw-color hedgehog, and pitaya. The straw-colored spines distinguishes this particular plant from other Echinocereus. The aged spines may turn white in color and are very ...

  3. Echinocereus - Wikipedia

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    Upon maturity, the flowers are usually brightly colored and open during the day. Echinocereus floral color is variable because perianth color reflects pollinator specificity. Red flowers are generally associated with hummingbird pollination, while pink flowers tend to correspond to moth pollination.

  4. Echinocereus engelmannii - Wikipedia

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    Flowers are borne at the upper half to one third of the stem and are funnelform in shape, up to 3.5 inches (8.9 centimetres) long with dark-green stigmas. The fruit is spiny. At first the fruit is green, becoming pink and drying when ripe. Ripe fruits have spines that are easily detached. Seeds are black and about a tenth of an inch in size.

  5. Cereus (plant) - Wikipedia

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    The flowers are large, funnelform, 9–30 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long, usually white, sometimes pink, purple, rarely cream, yellow, greenish, and open at night. The fruits are globose to ovoid to oblong, 3–13 cm ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –5 in) long, fleshy, naked, usually red but sometimes yellow, pulp white, pink or red.

  6. Echinocereus triglochidiatus - Wikipedia

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    Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes ...

  7. Echinocereus fendleri - Wikipedia

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    The showy flower is most any shade of pink, from nearly white to deep maroon. It can be 11 cm (4.3 in) long and wide, each tepal measuring up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. The fruit is spherical, red and a few centimeters long. [6] The flesh of the plant is edible, and Native American groups consumed the stems and fruits. [5]

  8. Mammillaria - Wikipedia

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    The name Cactus became so confused that the 1905 Vienna botanical congress rejected Cactus as a genus name, [4] and conserved Mammillaria. [ 1 ] Mammillaria is a large and diverse genus with many species often exhibiting variations due to the nature of terrain, weather, soil and other ecological factors.

  9. Stenocereus eruca - Wikipedia

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    A height of 20–30 cm is normal since this cactus is recumbent. The cactus features 10 to 12 ribs, and it has 4 to 6 strong, flattened, dagger-like central spines that are grayish in color. The cactus features 10 to 12 ribs, and it has 4 to 6 strong, flattened, dagger-like central spines that are grayish in color.