Echinocereus coccineus Engelmann ssp. santaritensis (W.Blum & Rutow) M.A.Baker

Life form², ³: cactus, low columnar
Habitat: rocky slopes
leaf presence³: always leafless
leaf arrangement³: leafless
leaf format³: leafless
Flower color²: scarlet or red
Flowering period²: Mar. to June
Armament², ³: long straight spines without sheaths
Family¹, ², ³: Cactaceae (cactus family)
Synonym(s)¹: Echinocereus santaritensis W.Blum & Rutow
Status: rare
Location where collected or observed:
      Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:

• ¹ Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
• ² Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
• ³ Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson