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Apache hedgehog cactus

Echinocereus apachensis

Apache hedgehog cactus
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0

Echinocereus apachensis is a clump-forming hedgehog cactus with cylindrical green stems and scarlet funnel-shaped flowers. It needs full sun, very sharp drainage and sparing water, and it tolerates cold better than most cacti of its type.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply only when the soil is completely dry, and water sparingly in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus mix with added grit or pumice.
Temperature
15–35 °C; protect below about -5 °C unless kept dry in winter
How easy
Easy
Native range
Arizona
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echinocereus apachensis is a species of cactus native to Mexico.

Other Echinocereus plants

Echinocereus acanthosetus · Echinocereus acifer · Echinocereus adustus · Arizona Hedgehog Cactus · Baker Kingcup Cactus · Echinocereus barthelowanus · Berlandier's hedgehog cactus · Pinkflower hedgehog cactus · Brandegee's Hedgehog Cactus · Sonoran Rainbow Hedgehog · Echinocereus canus · Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinocereus apachensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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