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FEROCACTUS (Barrel Cactus) (29 species) |
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Written by Noelene Tomlinson and Wayne Robinson
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- SHAPE : Often quite large barrels, globose to cylindrical, sometimes branched.
- RIBS : Initially with tubercles then with thick and prominent ribs, stem tips are not densely woolly.
- AREOLE : Large wooly with nectar-secreting glands.
- SPINES : ell armed with long, thick, stiff spines, the central one often hooked.
- FLOWERS : Fairly large, bell-shaped or funnelform, during the day in Spring and Summer.
(eg. Ferocactus wislizenii)
Photos to follow
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