Echinomastus warnockii
Scientific Name: Echinomastus warnockii (L.D.Benson) Glass & R.C.Foster
Synonym: Neolloydia warnockii, Pediocactus warnockii, Sclerocactus warnockii
Family: Cactaceae
USDA: 9-11
Frost Tolerance: Hardy to 20°F (-7°C)
Origin: USA (west Texas), north-central Mexico
Growth Habits: Solytary, occasionally branching basally with age, up to 6 inches tall (15 cm), 4 inches in diameter (10 cm); 13 to 21 tuberculate ribs, the number of ribs increasing with age; very woolly at first, later bare; 1 central spine turned upward, 0.4 to 0.8 inch long (1-2 cm); 10 to 16 radials.
Blooming Habits:
Cream to white flowers, 1 to 1.5 inches long and wide (2.5-3.8 cm). Light green globose fruits with occasionally pinkish areas, with remnants of the dry flower. The fruit become papery when ripe and splits, letting the 2-3 mm long black seeds out.
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