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Echinocereus arizonicus
Also called Arizona Claret Cup Cactus
Echinocereus arizonicus is a species of cactus native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of Chihuahua, southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, as well as in the Superstition and Mescal Mountains of Central Arizona at elevations between 1400 and 1900 meters.
Plants are found growing in desert scrub and grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert in Arizona, New Mexico in the United States and Chihuahua, Mexico at elevations between 1400 and 1900 meters. Plants are found growing along with Quercus turbinella, Quercus emoryi, Arctostaphylos pungens, Cercocarpus montanus, Nolina microcarpa, Dasylirion wheeleri, Agave chrysantha, Muhlenbergia emersleyi, Pinus monophylla, Juniperus pinchotii and Rhus trilobata.
Echinocereus acanthosetus · Echinocereus acifer · Echinocereus adustus · Apache 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 arizonicus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
