Echinocereus pensilis

Echinocereus pensilis is a species of Echinocereus. It's type locality is Sierra de la Laguna, Lower California.

Background
More or less cespitose; the stems often erect, 30 cm. high or, when growing on cliffs, hanging, and then nearly 2 meters long, 3 to 4 cm. in diameter; ribs 8 to 10, low; areoles about 10 mm. apart; spines needle-like, at first yellow, becoming reddish gray, the longest not over 2 cm. long; radial spines about 8; central spine 1; flowers orange-red, narrow ,5 to 6 cm. long; areoles on ovary and tube bearing short, yellow or white wool and chestnut-colored bristly spines; fruit globular, 1.5 to 2 cm. in diameter; seeds black, rugose very oblique at base. Distributed in the high mountains of the Cape region of Lower California.