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The plant blooms in spring to early summer, producing funnel-shaped flowers with a purple-red midvein and red,yellow to white margins, reaching lengths of up to 4 cm (1.6 in) and diameters of 3.5 cm (1.4 in). The elongated yellow fruits are about 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long and do not open at a basal pore.
A Baja California Sur endemic infraspecies, commonly known as the large-flowered barrel cactus or Vizcaíno barrel cactus that ranges from Bahía Tortugas south to Punta Abreojos on the Vizcaíno Peninsula. It has orange to red flowers. This subspecies is recognized by Kew's Plants of the World Online, the IUCN Red List, and The New Cactus Lexicon.
Ferocactus herrerae, commonly known as the twisted barrel cactus, [3] [4] [5] Herrera's barrel cactus, [6] or the biznaga [4] (in Classical Nahuatl), is a species of viviparous barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus of the family Cactaceae that is native to southwestern Sonora to the northwestern coastline of Sinaloa in western Mexico.
The mostly red, six to 12 central spines are strong, reaching up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in length, while the radial spines are typically reduced to numerous, whitish bristles. The yellow to red flowers appear in circles around the shoot tip, measuring up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in length and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter.
Ferocactus cylindraceus, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, USA Ferocactus echidne Ferocactus is a genus of large barrel-shaped cacti , mostly with large spines and small flowers . There are about 30 species included in the genus.
The spines are yellow or rarely red, and are up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in), with a slight curve. [3] [4] [5] The flowers appear from March to May, and are a fiery red to orange in color, measuring 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in length and diameter. The barrel-shaped fruits reach similar sizes and are lemon yellow with crescent-shaped scales. [3] [4] [5]