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Ferocactus santa-maria


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Synonym(s): Ferocactus townsendianus
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Distribution: Baja California Sur - Mexico (North America)
Habit: Cylindrical
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
Original Description: The Cactaceae 3 p.131 - Britton & Rose (1920)
Cylindric, 6 dm high or more; ribs about 14; outer spines several, thread-like; central spines in 2 series, all straight, grayish, all annulate, subulate, the central one stouter, flatter, ascending; somewhat curved at tip; old flowers persisting, 6 to 7 cm long; fruit 3 to 4 cm long, bearing orbicular scales; seeds 2 mm long, finely reticulated
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Ferocactus santa-maria
F. santa-maria
Picture taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Ferocactus santa-maria
F. santa-maria
Picture taken at: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Ferocactus santa-maria
F. santa-maria
Picture taken at: Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Ferocactus santa-maria
F. santa-maria
Picture taken at: Private Collection

Photographer: Joel Lode

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