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Echinocereus
Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized, cylindrical shaped cacti, comprising about 70 species native to the southern United States and Mexico in very sunny, rocky places. Usually the flowers are large and the fruit edible.
The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos), meaning "sea urchin", and the Latin cereus meaning "candle". They are sometimes known as hedgehog cacti, a term also used for the Pediocactus and Echinopsis.
9 branches of this group, most-observed first
Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus viridiflorus
Texas Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus chloranthus
Russet Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus russanthus
Miller's green pitaya
speciesEchinocereus milleri
Davis' Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus davisii
Golden-spine Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus neocapillus
Graybeard Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus canus
Chocolate-scented Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus carmenensis
Echinocereus blumii
speciesEchinocereus blumii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 971847.