PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus (hedgehog cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinocereus Engelm.
hedgehog cactus

Symbol:

ECHIN3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Echinocereus Engelm.

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Distribution:
Echinocereus Engelm.

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, KS, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus Engelm.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Echinocereus apachensis Blum & Rutow. .

Echinocereus apachensis
Apache hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus berlandieri (Engelm.) Haage. .

Echinocereus berlandieri
Berlandier's hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus bonkerae Thornb. & Bonker. .

Echinocereus bonkerae
pinkflower hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus boyce-thompsonii Orcutt. .

Echinocereus boyce-thompsonii
Boyce Thompson hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus chisoensis W.T. Marshall. . Image Available.

Echinocereus chisoensis
Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus coccineus Engelm.. . Image Available.

Echinocereus coccineus
scarlet hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus dasyacanthus Engelm.. . Image Available.

Echinocereus dasyacanthus
spiny hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem.. . Image Available.

Echinocereus engelmannii
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.. . Image Available.

Echinocereus enneacanthus
pitaya

Distribution of Echinocereus fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D. Jacks.) L.D. Benson. .

Echinocereus fasciculatus
pinkflower hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) Sencke ex J.N. Haage. . Image Available.

Echinocereus fendleri
pinkflower hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus ledingii Peebles. .

Echinocereus ledingii
Leding's hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler. . Image Available.

Echinocereus mojavensis
Mojave kingcup cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt. . Image Available.

Echinocereus nicholii
Nichol's hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rümpler. .

Echinocereus papillosus
Allicoche hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.. .

Echinocereus pectinatus
rainbow cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) Lem.. .

Echinocereus pentalophus
ladyfinger cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.. .

Echinocereus polyacanthus
Mojave mound cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus poselgeri Lem.. .

Echinocereus poselgeri
dahlia hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus pseudopectinatus (N.P. Taylor) N.P. Taylor. .

Echinocereus pseudopectinatus
devilthorn

Distribution of Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage. . Image Available.

Echinocereus reichenbachii
lace hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) hort ex F. Haage. .

Echinocereus rigidissimus
rainbow hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus ×roetteri (Engelm.) Rümpler [coccineus × dasyacanthus]. .

Echinocereus ×roetteri
Lloyd's hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus russanthus D. Weniger. .

Echinocereus russanthus
brownspine hedgehog cactus

Echinocereus sciurus

Distribution of Echinocereus stramineus (Engelm.) F. Seitz. . Image Available.

Echinocereus stramineus
strawberry hedgehog cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.. . Image Available.

Echinocereus triglochidiatus
kingcup cactus

Distribution of Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm.. . Image Available.

Echinocereus viridiflorus
nylon hedgehog cactus

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Echinocereus Engelm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Echinocereus Engelm. – hedgehog cactus

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus Engelm.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19803.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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