Cactaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Echinocereus cinerascens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Echinocereus cinerascens is a spiny, evergreen, succulent perennial cactus. Many-branched from the base, it forms clumps or compact mounds of prostrate to erect, cylindrical stems; individual stems are up to 30cm long and 2 - 12cm in diameter[ 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. It is widely grown as an ornamental. Echinocereus cinerascens is a very widespread and extremely common species with no major threats. 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthern N. America - central Mexico - México Federal District, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, and Tamaulipas

HabitatThorny Prosopis scrub (mesquite) and xerophytic shrubland; at elevations around 1,600 metres[ 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. ].