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Wilcoxia schmollii (Weing.) Backeb.
Blätt. Kakteenf. 1935(11): [2] genus 93, sp. 2 (fig.).
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus schmollii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor
Gen. Echinocereus 140. 1985 N.P.Taylor

Wilcoxia schmollii (Echinocereus schmollii) Photo by: Diego Armentano

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus schmollii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor
Gen. Echinocereus 140. 1985
Synonymy: 6
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Lamb's tail Cactus, Dahlia Hedgehog Cactus, Dahalia Cactus, Lead pencil Cactus, Pencil Cactus
SPANISH (Español): órgano pequeño de Querétaro, Organito de Víbora, Cola de Borrego, Pitayita

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinocereus schmollii group

  • Echinocereus schmolii var. nerispina (A.Cartier) hort.: has darker, stiffer spination. Distribution: Mexico (Queretaro).
  • Echinocereus schmollii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor: has pencil-like stems to 25 cm long, 1 cm in diameter. Spines 3-7 mm long, hairlike, pinkish to whitish-grey, reddish at the apex, giving the stem a woolly appearance. Distribution: Mexico (Queretaro).

29542 cpif Peiffer Clement
Wilcoxia schmollii (Echinocereus schmollii) Photo by: Peiffer Clement
24260 agocs Agócs György
Blooming habit. Queretaro, Mexixo. This species grows in flat areas, but occasionally it can grow among rocks. (Echinocereus schmollii) Photo by: Agócs György

26728 agocs Agócs György
Wilcoxia schmollii (Echinocereus schmollii) Photo by: Agócs György
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