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|accepted_name=Echinocereus ledingii
|accepted_authority=Peebles
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|place=8: 35, figs. 1936
|year=1936
}}
|common_names=Leding’s hedgehog cactus
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Echinocereus fendleri var. ledingii
|authority=(Peebles) N. P. Taylor
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Echinocereus;Echinocereus ledingii
|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 ledingii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 161, 168
|treatment_page=page 167
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>4–15-branched, forming rather open clumps. <b>Stems</b> erect, cylindric, 15–50 × 6–8 cm; ribs 12–14(–16), crests slightly undulate; areoles 15–25 mm apart. <b>Spines</b> 10–16 per areole, mostly straight or central spines strongly curving down near base; radial spines 9–11 per areole, pale to golden yellow, aging darker colored or black, 12–15 mm; central spines 1(–5) per areole, all yellow or whitish, terete, 20–25 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 5–6 × 5–6 cm; flower tube 15–20 × 15–25 mm; flower tube hairs 2 mm; inner tepals magenta to rose-pink, darker proximally, 30 × 5–12 mm, tips relatively thin and delicate; anthers yellow; nectar chamber 5–8 mm. <b>Fruits</b> green, sometimes tinged reddish to brownish, 20–30 mm, pulp white. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun; fruiting 3 1/2 months after flowering.
|habitat=Rocky mountainsides, interior chaparral, oak woodland, igneous substrates
|elevation=1200-2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.
|discussion=<p>More than half of the localities formerly attributed to <i>Echinocereus ledingii</i> (H. Bravo-H. and H. Sánchez-M. 1998–1991, vol. 3; L. D. Benson 1969) are undocumented and highly suspect. The decurved or deflexed central spines, supposedly diagnostic for this rare species, are misleadingly duplicated in many individuals of <i>E. coccineus</i> and <i>E. arizonicus</i>, and only the latter two species have been found in most of the mountain ranges mapped by A. A. Nichol for L. D. Benson. <i>Echinocereus ledingii</i> is found in the Graham (Pinaleño), Santa Theresa, and Chiricahua mountains.</p>
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name=Echinocereus ledingii
|authority=Peebles
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Echinocereus fendleri var. ledingii
|basionyms=
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun; fruiting 3 1/2 months after flowering.
|habitat=Rocky mountainsides, interior chaparral, oak woodland, igneous substrates
|elevation=1200-2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|publication year=1936
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_320.xml
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Echinocereus
|species=Echinocereus ledingii
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