Stenocereus eruca

Wonderful cactaceae with an absolutely unusual look: the name of the species literally means "caterpillar", just in relation to the creeping course these exemplars assume. Characterized by stems exceeding even 3 meters of length for a diameter of a few centimeters, these cacti tend to multiply abundantly, giving rise to real crawling carpets that have given it the name, however, of "desert snake" or even "creeping devil". Equipped with not very marked longitudinal ribs, it has several roundish and aligned areoles from which come out multiple thin radial spines and rather short, and a single central plug wide, flat and over 3 cm long. Only in rare cases, due, for example, to heavy rainfall in nature, this specimen will further amaze you with gigantic nocturnal flowers on the notes of white or pink.