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Claret Cup Cactus, Echinocereus triglochidiatus.
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Claret Cup Cactus.
We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share images and information with Wikipedia. The more common strawberry hedgehog has bright pink flowers in spring, but some varieties have different colors, from purple to lavender. The flowers are up to 3 inches in diameter, 2 to 3.2 inches long. The flowers close at night and reopen in the morning. Growth Habits: Clumping columnar cactus, mostly erect light green stems, 4 to 12 inches tall (10-30 cm), 2 to 4 inches diameter (5-10 cm), branching freely from the base; 11 to 14 low obtuse ribs; 4 to 6 yellow or brownish central spines, 2 to 3 inches long (5-7 cm); 10 to 13 radials, 0.4 inch long (1 cm). There have been 9 recognized varieties having a wide variance of color schemes of the spines. but 'var. nicholii' was reclassified as a separate species. The remaining 8 varieties are still undergoing scientific scrutiny as to determine their taxonomic status. The other varieties are: acicularis, armatus, chrysocentrus, engelmannii, howei, munzii, purpureus & variegatus.
Quick Notes:
Height: 6 - 12 inches high. Clusters about 8 - 36 inches wide.
Flowers: Red, Red- Brown, Red-violet, or fuchsia colored flowers; Cup Shaped, (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.
Blossoms last for about five days. Flowers close at night and reopen in the morning. Green stigma in center.
Flowering Time: March - June. Flowering earliest at lower elevations.
Stems: Can be either unbranched or if branched they can have from 1 - 12 branches, sometimes forming large mounds of up to about 300 stems. They are 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: 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 1-10 per areole, 15-90 mm; central spines 0-1 per areole, angular, 50-120 mm.
Fruit: Green to yellow-green or pink (rarely red), 20-35 mm, pulp white. The fruit is edible. It is said to taste like strawberries, and is eaten by birds and rodents.
Found: Throughout Arizona. Normally at well drained deserts and slopes. There are 6 species of Echinocereus in Arizona.
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Elevation: 0 to 8,000 Feet.
Habitat: Desert; sandy slopes, flats, and rocky hillsides.
Miscellaneous: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping. Suitable for growing in containers. Plant has spines or sharp edges; use extreme caution when handling.
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