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|accepted_name=Harrisia aboriginum
|accepted_authority=Small ex Britton & Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact.
|place=2: 154. 1920
|year=1920
}}
|common_names=Yellow prickly apple;aboriginal prickly apple;prickly applecactus
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cereus aboriginum
|authority=(Small ex Britton & Rose)L ittle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cereus gracilis var. aboriginus
|authority=(Small ex Britton & Rose) L. D. Benson
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Harrisia donae-antoniae
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Harrisia;Harrisia aboriginum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Harrisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Harrisia aboriginum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 150, 152
|treatment_page=page 153
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect to reclining, to 6 m; ribs 9–11. <b>Spines</b> 7–9 per areole, pink when young, becoming brown tipped, to 1 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: flower tube 10–15 cm, smooth or scarcely ridged; scales turgid, with axillary tufts of hairs; hairs tawny brown, stiff, 6–10 mm; buds with brown hairs. <b>Fruits</b> dull yellow at maturity, spheric, 65–75 mm diam.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Coastal hammocks, shell mounds
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>According to D. F. Austin (1984), <i>Harrisia aboriginum</i> and <i>H. simpsonii</i> are weakly separated, differing primarily in fruit color, which remains yellow in <i>H. aboriginum</i> while turns to red at maturity in <i>H. simpsonii</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Harrisia aboriginum</i> has been found on pre-Columbian, aboriginal shell mounds, hence the specific epithet.</p>
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name=Harrisia aboriginum
|authority=Small ex Britton & Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cereus aboriginum;Cereus gracilis var. aboriginus;Harrisia donae-antoniae
|basionyms=
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Coastal hammocks, shell mounds
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact.
|publication year=1920
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_295.xml
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Harrisia
|species=Harrisia aboriginum
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