Harrisia martinii

Harrisia martinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Harrisia
Species:
H. martinii
Binomial name
Harrisia martinii
(Labour.) Britton
Synonyms
  • Cereus martinii Labour. 1854
  • Echinopsis martinii (Labour.) Anceschi & Magli 2021
  • Eriocereus martinii (Labour.) Riccob. 1909
  • Cereus martinii var. perviridis Weing. 1914
  • Cereus monacanthus Cels ex K.Schum. 1897
  • Eriocereus perviridis (Weing.) Backeb. 1936
  • Harrisia perviridis (Weing.) Borg 1937
  • Pilocereus monacanthus Lawr. 1841

Harrisia martinii, commonly called the Martin applecactus, is a species of night-blooming, rope-like cacti native to South America. With large showy flowers that attract the hawk moth, it is considered by some a useful landscape plant in areas that do not freeze.

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