Loxanthocereus acanthurus
A small, sprawling to semi-erect columnar cactus from the dry western Andean slopes of central Peru, with red, slightly curved tubular flowers adapted to hummingbirds. We have no wild records or measured climate for it, so this profile is based on what is known of the genus: a sunny, dry rocky habitat with winter fog and little rain.
Where it grows wild
Rocky slopes and gravelly ground in the arid inter-Andean and Pacific-facing valleys of central Peru, where coastal fog and occasional summer rains are the main moisture. Inferred from the genus; no habitat data were available.
No elevation data were available; the genus grows from near the coast to roughly 2,500 m on the western Andean slopes.
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