Echinocereus sarissophorus

Echinocereus sarissophorus is a species of Echinocereus.

Background
Cespitose; stems short, thick, pale green, about 10 cm. thick; ribs 9; radial spines 7 to 10, slender; centrals several, 5 to 8 cm. long, often bluish, somewhat angled; flowers purplish, 7 to 8 cm. long; inner perianth-segments broad; areoles on ovary and flower-tube bearing short, white wool and 3 to 5 long pale bristle-like spines; fruit globular, 2 to 3 cm. in diameter, covered with clusters of deciduous spines; seeds black.