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Barba de viejo (Pilosocereus alensis)

Description

It is a wooded cactus that reaches 4.5 to 6 m in height with ramification, they are basal with 12 to 14 ribs, sometimes tuberculated and 10 to 14 spines of acicular yellowish color from 1 to 1.5 cm long. The area has white or yellowish flowering with hair, 5 cm long. The flowers are purple

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Pilosocereus