Lophocereus gatesii
A heavily branching, clumping columnar cactus of the southern Baja California Sur coast, growing to about 2 m tall with olive-green stems of 10–15 sharp ribs. It needs full sun, heat, and a dry winter and spring; nearly all of its rain comes in the late-summer and autumn storm season.
Where it grows wild
Coastal desert scrub and sandy or rocky plains of southern Baja California Sur, in full sun among other cacti and low shrubs.
Lowland: about sea level to 100 m in the literature, with wild records up to about 285 m.
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