Ferocactus peninsulae
Ferocactus peninsulae
Ferocactus peninsulae is a species of the genus Ferocactus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet peninsulae means of the peninsula ' and refers to the range of the Art
Description
Ferocactus peninsulae grows individually with oval to club-shaped, tapering towards the tip shoots and usually achieved with diameters of 40 inches a height of up to 70 centimeters. Rare plant height can be achieved up to 2.5 meters. There are 12 to 20 showy, deep ribs available. The thorns are grayish red and have a yellowish tip or whitish. The four cross standing straight central spines are banded and 4 to 15 inches long. The lower central spine is flattened and bent like a hook. The 6 to 13 different, slender spines are sometimes twisted and bristle-like.
The funnel-shaped flowers are red to yellow and have an orange to red markings. They reach a length of 5 to 6 centimeters. The up to 4.5 centimeters long yellow fruits are spherical.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Ferocactus peninsulae is common in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
The first description was in 1896 as Echinocactus peninsulae by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose she put 1922 in the genus Ferocactus.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.