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Echinocereus subinermis is a small, ribbed Mexican cactus that grows solitary or in clumps of up to about 10 shoots, with fragrant bright yellow flowers in early summer. It needs strong light, very well-drained soil, and protection from cold and wet.
Echinocereus subinermis is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to north, northwestern, and central Mexico.
In cultivation in temperate regions it requires the protection of glass with heat. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Echinocereus subinermis is found growing on rocky slopes in the deciduous oak forest of the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango, in the western Sierra Madre Occidental at elevations between 200 and 1300 meters. Plants are found growing along with Mammillaria standleyi, Cochemiea grahamii, Mammillaria marksiana, Echinocereus scheeri, Ferocactus schwarzii, Ferocactus alamosanus, Opuntia decumbens, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, Bursera laxiflora, Sabal mexicana, Agave vilmoriniana, Agave bovicornuta and Agave guadalajarana.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinocereus subinermis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
