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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.
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 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.
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 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.