Echinocereus chloranthus

Echinocereus chloranthus is a species of Echinocereus. It's type locality is El Paso, Texas.

Background
Cylindric, usually simple, 8 to 15 cm. long, 5 to 7 cm. in diameter; ribs about 13, often nearly den by the densely set spines; areoles nearly circular; radial spines several, spreading; centrals 3 or 4; not angled, in a vertical row, one much more elongated than the others, 2 to 3 cm. long; flowers yellowish green, 2 cm. long; fruit small, nearly globular, 5 to 10 cm. long, dark purplish red, covered with small bristly spines; seeds black, dull, pitted, the hilum nearly basal, round. Distributed in Western Texas, southeastern New Mexico, and northern Mexico.