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Echinocereus mapimiensis

Echinocereus mapimiensis
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Mexico (Coahuila, Durango)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echinocereus mapimiensis is a species of cactus native to Mexico.

Where it grows

Echinocereus mapimiensis is found among shrubs on loamy-sandy alluvial soils in Coahuila, Mexico, within the Mapimi Desert near Bolson de Mapimi, at elevations around 366 meters. Plants are found growing around Grusonia bradtiana, Coryphantha poselgeriana v. valida, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Thelocactus bicolor, Epithelantha micromeris, Dasylirion longissimum, Mammillaria pottsii, Pelecyphora duncanii, Ibervillea sonorae and Pelecyphora macromeris subsp. runyonii.

Other Echinocereus plants

Echinocereus acanthosetus · Echinocereus acifer · Echinocereus adustus · Apache hedgehog cactus · Arizona Hedgehog Cactus · Baker Kingcup Cactus · Echinocereus barthelowanus · Berlandier's hedgehog cactus · Pinkflower hedgehog cactus · Brandegee's Hedgehog Cactus · Sonoran Rainbow Hedgehog · Echinocereus canus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinocereus mapimiensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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