Green Pitaya

Echinocereus viridiflorus

Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Echinocereus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is OKLOO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, OKL, NWMOO, SDA, NORTHERNAMERICA, COL, TEXOO, NORTHCENTRALUSA, KANOO, WYO; SW. South Dakota to N. & W. Texas.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, temperate.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132479-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus viridiflorus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084127
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Native Habitat

SW. South Dakota to N. & W. Texas

Automatically collected source range/note: OKL_OO, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, OKL, NWM_OO, SDA, NORTHERN_AMERICA, COL, TEX_OO, NORTH_CENTRAL_USA, KAN_OO, WYO; SW. South Dakota to N. & W. Texas.