Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.) D.R.Hunt

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Manuel María Caballero Prov.

• Locality

  9 km. SE of Comarapa on highway to San Isidro

• Elevation

  Alt. 1700 m. (5577 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.975, -64.48

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Botanical Garden
Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.) D. R. Hunt
The spelling “tephracantha” [“ash-colored spines”] has
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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Cactaceae Harrisia tephracantha (Lab.) Hunt
det. M. Nee, 1995
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Caballero, 9 km. SE of
Comarapa on highway to San Isidro. 17°58,30,fN,
64°29’W. alt. 1700 m. Grazed arid scrub along
Quebrada Pujio, a dry wash. Achatocarpus, Prosopis
alba, P. kuntzei, Capparis atamisquea, C. speciosa,
Acacia aroma.
Common, 2.5-4 m. tall, branched, many of the old branches arching
downward, then sometimes continuing to sprout upward. Flowers
open (8:30 A.M., overcast drizzly), lightly and pleasantly
fragrant, this is the commonest cactus in the area and all the
plants are in full flower now; most plants seem to close the
flowers by noon, but others seem to be open later); outer tepals
recurved, yellow-green with purplish tinge, grading into the
wider, pure white erect inner petals; filaments very pale
yellow-green, one set appressed against the upper petals, the
great majority clustered below and with the tips upcurved; anthers
creamy white; stigmas light yellow-green.
Coll.: M. Nee 46559	28 Dec. 1995
Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.)D.R. Hunt
Alan r. Franck i8 February 2013
University of South Florida (USF)
det. M. Nee, 2009
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