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Echinocereus coccineus (scarlet hedgehog cactus) is a species of hedgehog cactus. Its native to Northern and Central America. It grows on full sun, in sandy or rocky well-drained soil. It can survive in hardiness zones 5-9.
Echinocereus santaritensis is a multistem columnar cactus that branches from the base. The cylindrical stems are 30 cm (12 in) long and have a diameter of 5.5 cm (2.2 in). There are nine to ten clearly blunt ribs, which densly spiny with areoles 1 cm (0.39 in) apart.
The roots are fibrous or bulbous. The plants reach heights of growth between 1 and 60 centimeters. On the tips of the 4 to 26 ribs, which are mostly clear and only rarely resolved into humps, are the areoles, from which differently shaped spines can arise. A distinctive characteristic and likely synapomorphy of the genus is the erumpent flowers ...
San Esteban hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus grandis) San Esteban pincushion (Cochemiea estebanensis) San Pedro Nolasco hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus websterianus) Santa Cruz beehive cactus (Coryphantha recurvata) sarramatraca (Peniocereus johnstonii) Santa Rita prickly pear (Opuntia santa-rita) scarlet hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus coccineus)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes ...
Hedgehog cactus may refer to: Pediocactus, a genus of cacti containing 6-11 species; Echinocereus, a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized cylindrical cacti, comprising about 70 species from the southern United States and Mexico in very sunny rocky places; Echinopsis, a large genus of cacti native to South America containing 128 species
Echinocereus arizonicus [3] is a species of cactus native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of Chihuahua, southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, as well as in the Superstition and Mescal Mountains of Central Arizona at elevations between 1400 and 1900 meters.
Echinocereus reichenbachii (commonly known as lace or hedgehog cactus) is a perennial plant and shrub in the cactus family. The species is native to the Chihuahuan Desert and parts of northern Mexico and the southern United States, where they grow at elevations up to 1,500 meters (4,900 ft).