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Lophophora

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Family: Cactaceae

Subfamily: Cactoideae

Tribe: Cacteae

Botanical Name: Lophophora koehresii

Extensions: N/A

English Name(s): Peyote, Peyotl, Devil's Root, Dumpling Cactus, Mescal, Mescal Button, Whiskey Cactus.

Synonyms: Lophophora viridescens.

Related Species: Lophophora alberto-vojtechii, Lophophora diffusa, Lophophora fricii.

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Areoles: Spineless and wooly.

Roots: Large tap root, as in all Lophophora

Reproduction: Self-sterile.

Flower Morphology: Usually located at the areole(s) in the top center of plant, sometimes flowers from the sides (rarely). Flowers are around 2-3cm accross when open, broad funnel form tube. Style is white in colour. Stigma lobes 3-6 (what we have seen) often at the same height as the anthers, anthers fold in to the stigma when touched, perhaps a fertilization adaptation. Ovary naked.

Petal colour: white-Pink.

Fruits: Fruits are a shade of white-pink, naked, about 2 cm long. Often take approximately 4-8 weeks to develop after fertilization in cultivation. Fruit may contain 5-50 seeds each, sometimes more on the odd occasion.

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