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Pilosocereus alensis
About
Pilosocereus alensis, the Sonoran old man cactus, is a species of cactus native to Western Mexico, from Sonora south to Jalisco. The hairs protect the flower buds. Flowers open at night in June and give off the odor of ammonia, attracting bats for pollination.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pilosocereus alensis
- Slug
- pilosocereus-alensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pilosocereus
- Species
- alensis
- Wikidata QID
- Q2095119
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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