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The golden barrel is among the most popular cacti in collections and in landscaping, and has increasingly become popular as an architectural accent plant in contemporary garden designs. [citation needed] The golden barrel cactus is considered one of the easiest to care for, and is a relatively fast grower in warmer climates, around the world.
Echinocactus grusonii — golden barrel cactus, endemic to Mexico. Barrel cacti are various members of the two genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus, [1] endemic to the deserts of Southwestern North America southward to north central Mexico. [2]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:05, 30 May 2009: 1,200 × 1,600 (2.23 MB): File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) {{Information |Description= Barrel cactus & Senecio Mandraliscae Blue Chalk Stick succulents, Huntington Library Desert Garden, in afternoon after and during rain, February 2009 - Various cactus and succulent plants - blue succulents ground cover -
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Echinocactus platyacanthus is a member of the cactus family Cactaceae. It is also known as the giant barrel cactus, golden barrel cactus, giant viznaga, or biznaga de dulce, [2] and its Nahuatl (Aztec) name is huitzli nahual. [citation needed]. It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. [1] This species is the largest of the ...
The generic name derives from the Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (echînos), meaning "spiny," and cactus. It and Ferocactus are the two genera of barrel cactus. Members of the genus usually have heavy spination and relatively small flowers. The fruits are copiously woolly, and this is one major distinction between Echinocactus and Ferocactus ...