- Plants
- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›Dicots
- ›pinks, cactuses, and allies
- ›cacti
- ›globular cacti, moonlight cacti, torch cacti, and allies
- ›Trichocereeae
- ›Oreocereus
Oreocereus hempelianus
Oreocereus hempelianus is a species of cactus native to Peru and Chile.
From the article Oreocereus hempelianus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Oreocereus hempelianus grows with spherical to elongated gray-green shoots that branch from the base and reaches heights of 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in). There are 12 to 24 wide and flat ribs. The initially yellow to reddish spines later become cloudy gray. The one to six central spines are flexible and 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in) long. The 10 to 15 radial spines are flexible, spreading and 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in) long. The crooked-edged red flowers appear at the tips of the shoots. They are 6 to 7 cm (2.4 to 2.8 in) long. The barrel-shaped fruits reach a length of 1.5 to 2.5 cm (0.59 to 0.98 in).
Range & habitat
Oreocereus hempelianus is common in the Arequipa region of Peru and Tarapacá, Chile, at altitudes of 2,500 to 3,500 meters.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Oreocereus hempelianus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 441436.