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Some species of barrel cactus reach over 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height at maturity, and have been known to reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) in some regions. The ribs are numerous and pronounced, and the spines are long and can range in color from yellow to tan to red, depending on the age of the plant and the species.
Ferocactus viridescens is a solitary barrel cactus, typically spherical, oblate, or nearly cylindrical, reaching heights of 10-30(-45)cm and diameters of 10-20(-35)cm.It has bright green flesh arranged into several 13 to 34 blunt ribs covered in arrays of long spines.
Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually growing to a cylindrical shape, with spiny ribs ...
Ferocactus histrix, also known as Acitrón barrel cactus (Biznaga barril de acitrón) is a species of Ferocactus native to central Mexico. [2] It is a large barrel cactus that can be commonly found throughout all the Central Mexican matorral .
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. There are about 30 species included in the genus. They are found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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 golden barrel cactus is considered one of the easiest to care for, and is a relatively fast grower in warmer climates, around the world. The plants do have some basic requirements: an average minimum winter temperature of 12 °C (53.6 °F) (though they can tolerate brief periods of lower temperatures if provided with adequate cover and ...
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.