Echinocereus ledingii

Botanical Description

Echinocereus ledingii is a spiny, evergreen, succulent, perennial cactus. It forms a rather open clump of 4 - 15 erect, cylindrical stems around 15 - 50cm tall and 6 - 8cm in diameter[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 1987 Title The Cactus Family Publication Author Anderson E.F. Publisher Timber Press; Portland, Oregon Year 2001 ISBN 0-88192-498-9 Description An excellent work, giving botanical descriptions of virtually all the cacti, together with their range (but not their habitats) and sometimes also a photo. it also contains a long chapter detailing the many uses of cacti and another on cultivation.. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Echinocereus ledingii occurs on the top on several mountains. Given the isolation of its populations, the probability of the species being affected by the same threat is low. Furthermore, it is locally abundant and not exposed to any major threat. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].