Cleistocactus sepium (Cleistocactus sepium)
Description
Cleistocactus sepium grows shrubby with usually no or little branched from the base, down to ascending, light to dark green shoots and reaches in diameters of 3 to 10 centimeters growth heights of 0.5 to 2 meters. There are 6 to 18 low, dull, ridged ribs The white or light brown areoles are far apart. The bristly to needle-like thorns are brown, yellowish or blackish and gray in old age. The 1 to 3 strong middle spines are up to 4 centimeters, the 8 to 10 spines up to 1 centimeter long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Cleistocactus
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