Echinocereus dasyacanthus

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Cereus ctenoides.

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Artist

Name:
Roetter, Paulus
Dates:
1806-1894
Countries:
Germany, US

Illustration

Subject:
Plants
Technique:
Metal Engraving
Engraver:
Rebuffet
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Botanicus, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
The botanical works of the late George Engelmann (volume of plates)
Author:
Engelmann, George
Publisher:
Cambridge, MA: J. Wilson and Son, 1887
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Description:

Botanical steel engraving showing Echinocereus dasyacanthus, also known as the hairy hedgehog cactus, a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States where it grows in arid and desert environments. The stems of the plant are cylindrical and covered in dense, bristly spines, giving the plant its common name. it produces pink or red flowers in the spring and summer.

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