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Echinocereus
fendleri var. fendleri (Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus) Cactaceae (Cactus Family) Semi-desert. Woodlands, grasslands, openings. Summer. Echinocereus stems are ridged, the areoles do not have glochids, and the flowers are borne below the apex of the stem. E. fendleri usually has one central spine (white or dark) and four-to-ten radial spines (usually white with a dark stipe on the under-side). |
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Echinocereus
fendleri var. fendleri (Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus) Semi-desert. Woodlands, grasslands, openings. Summer. This species was first named Cereus fendleri by Engelmann in 1849 and was renamed Echinocereus fendleri in 1860 by Sencke. The specific epithet honors lifetime plant collector Augustus Fendler. (Click for more biographical information.) "Echinos" is Greek for "Hedgehog" (a critter similar to a Porcupine) and "cereus" is Latin for "candle" or "waxy".
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Echinocereus
fendleri var. fendleri (Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus) Cactaceae (Cactus Family) Semi-desert. Woodlands, grasslands, openings. Summer. Masses of twisted filaments support light yellow anthers and pollen that surround the green sticky stigma. |
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