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|accepted_name=Echinocereus stramineus var. stramineus
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|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Echinocereus;Echinocereus stramineus;Echinocereus stramineus var. stramineus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Echinocereus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Echinocereus stramineus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Echinocereus stramineus var. stramineus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
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|treatment_page=page 162
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>branched, forming clumps or compact mounds of 20–100(–500) branches, clumps 15–60(–100) cm, either dense or lax. <b>Stems</b> erect, long ovoid, less than 30 × 4.5–11 cm; ribs 10–16; crests slightly undulate; areoles 12–20(–25) mm apart. <b>Spines</b> 9–14(–16) per areole, straight, straw colored, ± translucent, often glassy white tinted with yellow, darkest spines sometimes tan or brown; radial spines 7–14 per areole, 15–40 mm; central spines 2–4(–5) per areole, abaxial central spine strongly projecting, all central spines terete or somewhat flattened, 57–100 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 8–12 × 10–12.5(–15) cm; flower tube 25–35 × 15–35 mm; flower tube hairs 1–1.5 mm; inner tepals rose-pink to magenta, darkest proximally and/or centrally, 55–60(–80) × 12–25 mm, tips white to greenish, relatively thin and delicate; anthers yellow; nectar chamber ± 5–8 mm. <b>Fruits</b> bright pinkish brown, with characteristic reticulate pattern of slightly darker or greener color between flattened tubercles, usually 35–40(–50) mm, pulp white to pale pink (varying on same plant). <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul; fruiting mostly Aug.
|habitat=Chihuahuan desert scrub, rocky slopes, rarely flats, igneous and sedimentary substrates
|elevation=500-1800 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León).
|discussion=<p>The densely branched stems of <i>Echinocereus stramineus</i> form hemispheric mounds bristling with unusually long, yellow-tinted spines, thus appearing like a heap of straw; old clumps of these cacti are unique visual dominants on many rocky slopes in the Chihuahuan Desert. The delicious ripe fruits of this species are much larger than those of <i>E. enneacanthus</i>, and may be the largest fruits in the genus. Rare white-flowered individuals occur.</p>
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name=Echinocereus stramineus var. stramineus
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|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jul; fruiting mostly Aug.
|habitat=Chihuahuan desert scrub, rocky slopes, rarely flats, igneous and sedimentary substrates
|elevation=500-1800 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Nuevo León).
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Echinocereus
|species=Echinocereus stramineus
|variety=Echinocereus stramineus var. stramineus
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