Peniocereus greggii var. greggii
Illustrated
Synonyms: Cereus greggii var. cismontanus Cereus pottsii Salm-Dyck
Areoles elliptic, 4–5 × 2 mm; adaxial spines tending to directed toward tip of plant; abaxial (including abaxial lateral) spines directed toward base of plant. Flowers 15–17 × 5–6 cm.
Phenology: Flowering late spring; fruiting summer.
Habitat: Chihuahuan Desert, sandy or gravelly loams, along washes, on creosote bush flats or gentle slopes
Elevation: 1200-1500 m
Distribution
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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Zacatecas)
Discussion
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cream-yellow +
cushionlike +
arillate +
absent +
apart +
elliptic +
flowering +
absent +
hourglass--shaped +
woodlike +
hardened +
surrounding +
swollen +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
raised +
polygonal +
sessile +
symmetric +
proliferating +
arising +
not mucilaginous +
thick +
not separating +
intact +
persistent +
sessile +
symmetric +
arranged +
nocturnal +
fragrant +
bisexual +
salverform +
adnate +
epigynous +
conspicuous +
darkening;bright red +
drying +
indehiscent +
low +
scaleless +
tuberculate +
ellipsoid +
fleshy +
absent +
Chihuahuan Desert, sandy or gravelly loams, along washes, on creosote bush flats or gentle slopes +
dense +
Present +
apiculate +
8mm;12mm +
sessile +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
apparent +
sepal-like +
2mm;6mm +
true +
surrounding +
sunken +
epigynous +
compound +
not mucilaginous +
parietal +
3;14 +
directed +
separated +
flowering +
coalescent +
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. +
1909 +
reddish +
edible +
uninterrupted +
straight +
vertical +
prominent +
4;6 +
minute +
clustered +
diffuse +
turnip--shaped +
vertical +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
small +
black +
0.4mm;12mm +
1;3000 +
oblong +
persistent +
detachable +
Illustrated +
bristlelike +
ribbonlike +
radial +
yellowish white +
appressed +
pliable +
absent +
puberulent +
50;1500 +
decurrent +
canescent +
narrowed +
rigid +
0.3cm;2cm +
white +
absent +
white +
tuberculate +
woody +
adventitous +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
Peniocereus greggii var. greggii +
Peniocereus greggii +
variety +
sweet +
5;50 +
lanceolate;oblanceolate apiculate +
black +
directed +
long +
flaring +
distinct +
absent +
branched +
perennial +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
inconspicuous +
cylinders +