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Echinocereus
Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized, cylindrical 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.
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.