Species

Woolly Torch

Pilosocereus leucocephalus

(Poselg.) Byles & G.D.Rowley

Taxonomy

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Pilosocereus

Species

Pilosocereus leucocephalus

Lifecycle & Ecology

EdibleNo

Also Known As

Pilosocereus leucocephalus subsp. palmeriCephalocereus cometesCereus cometesPilocereus leucocephalusPilocereus palmeriCephalocereus palmeriPilosocereus tehuacanusPilosocereus cometesPilosocereus maxoniiCephalocereus tehuacanusCereus flavicomusPilocereus marschalleckianusPilosocereus palmeri var. sartorianusCephalophorus palmeriCephalocereus sartorianusPilocereus maxoniiPilocereus jubatusPilocereus houlletiiPilocereus flavicomusCereus houlletiiPilocereus tehuacanusCephalocereus maxoniiCereus maxoniiPilocereus sartorianusPilocereus cometesPilocereus forsteriCephalocereus palmeri f. cristatusPilosocereus palmeriCephalocereus leucocephalusPilosocereus sartorianusCereus jubatusCereus victoriensis

Data Sources

Species data compiled from the USDA PLANTS Database and other open botanical data sources. Images used under Creative Commons or equivalent licenses. Distribution data from USDA state-level records.

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