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Ford barrel cactus
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Ford barrel cactus

Ferocactus fordii

Ferocactus fordii (ford barrel cactus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Baja California in Mexico. It is spherical, growing to 50 cm (20 in) in diameter, with whitish-grey radial spines and solitary flowers of a deep rose pink, 4 cm (2 in) in diameter.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 273630.