Echinocereus delaetii

Echinocereus delaetii is a species of Echinocereus.

Background
Low, 1 to 2 dm. high, densely cespitose, completely hidden by the long, white, curled hairs; ribs indistinct; areoles closely set, bearing 15 or more white reflexed hairs 8 to 10 cm. long and a few stiff reddish bristles; flowers appearing near top of plant; perianth-segments pink, oblanceolate, acute; stigma-lobes about 12; ovary covered with clusters of long, white, bristly spines; fruit not seen. Distribution is known only from Sierra de la Paila, north of Parras, Mexico.