Homalocephala texensis (Hopffer ex Regel) Britton & Rose

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Origin and Habitat: Echinocactus texensisSN|2231]]SN|2231]] is widespread and common in Texas, southeastern New Mexico, and Oklahoma (USA). It occurs also in northeastern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, southern Nuevo León, Durango, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas)
Altitude range: 0-1400 metres above sea level.
Habitat: Chihuahuan Desert, in xerophyllous scrub, grasslands, openings in oak woodlands, Tamaulipan thorn scrub, on deep soils, sandy soils of plains and valleys, saline flats, low limestone hills or limy gravel above Permian red dirt.
Ecology: It is a very hardy cactus that grows hidden in the grass. A dense cover of ephemeral herbs or shallow blanket of snow can hide this species completely from view. This species is wide-ranging, abundant, and there are no threats. Echinocactus texensisSN|2231]]SN|2231]] is used as an ornamental, however it is not common in trade.

Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Horse-crippler (For the heavily spines that lies low to the ground, a hazard to horses), Devil’s-head, Candy Cactus (For the edible and tasty red fruit. The plant is used to make a candy), Devil’s Pin Cushion, Horse Crippler, Devil's Pincushion
SPANISH (Español): Manca caballo, Biznaga-tonel Manca Caballo

Description: Echinocactus texensisSN|2231]]SN|2231]], best known in cultivation as Homalocephala texensisSN|2230]]SN|2230]], is a stout barrel cactus, which is solitary when young, very rarely slowly clustering in age.

Stem: Pale grey-green (desert populations) to grass green (eastern populations) with numerous ribs , above-ground portion flat-topped, hemispheric in old age but usually deep-seated, flush with soil surface 30 cm in diameter, 20 cm high.
Spines: Small but strong pale tan, pink, reddish to grey, terete to flattened, annulated, not hiding stem surfaces.
Radial spines: (5-)6-7 per per areole, mostly decurved
Central spine: 1 porrect and straight.
Flowers: 5-6 × 5-6 cm. Flowers range from white thru rose-pink to pale silvery-pink, with red throats in late spring and can appear on plants around 10cm in diameter.
Fruits: Scarlet or crimson, spheric to ovoid, 15-50 × 15-40 mm, fleshy.
Remarks: Desert populations, unlike the eastern plants, have longer central spines that project stiffly outward.

 

 

Homalocephala texensis (llifle.com)

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