Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus fordii subsp. borealis Taylor Cact. Syst. Init. 14: 16 (2002)
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
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Type:
Holotype: D. J. Ferguson 8 (seed collection), initially cultivated by Steven Brack, Mesa Garden, New Mexico, USA; then cultivated from seed from controlled pollination of above by Derek Bowdery, July 2002 (Kew in spirit).
Type Locality:
Mexico, Baja California, Bahía San Quintín, El Socorro
Distribution:
Baja California, west coast, between San Antonio del Mar and El Rosario
Altitude:
0 – 100 m
Collection No:
Lindsay560, 2032, Lau1463, SB1244
Flowering:
Hours:
4- 10, Springtime to Autumn
Extra Info:
This is the smaller variant with shorter spines and deeply colored flowers and of a more northerly occurrence as subsp. fordii.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.3.15.
