Original Description:The Cactaceae 2
p.108 - Britton & Rose (1920)
Somewhat branched, sometimes erect, sometimes clambering, up to 2 meters long, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter; ribs 12 to 14, low; areoles close together, circular, bearing white felt and spines; spines numerous, the central ones much longer than the radials, often 3 cm long, acicular, yellowish, spreading; flowers 4 cm long, densely woolly and spiny; inner perianth-segments small, white; fruit 10 to 12 mm in diameter; seeds 1.5 mm long.
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