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Echinocereus enneacanthus
Also called Smallspine Pitaya, Banana Cactus, Cob Cactus, Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus, Purple Pitaya, Strawberry Cactus, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus enneacanthus is a low, mat-forming cactus from Texas and northeast Mexico, with cylindrical stems and magenta flowers followed by edible, strawberry-flavoured fruit. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and a warm, dry spot.
Echinocereus enneacanthus is a species of flowering plant first described by George Engelmann.
Echinocereus enneacanthus is distributed in the United States in the state of Texas and New Mexico is also found in northeast Mexico in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila and Zacatecas at elevations of 0 to 1800 meters. Plants are found growing in limestone soil in grasslands along with Echinocereus stramineus, Echinocereus chisoensis, Echinocereus dasyacanthus, Mammillaria lasiacantha, Lophophora diffusa, and Neolloydia conoidea.
Echinocereus acanthosetus · Echinocereus acifer · Echinocereus adustus · Apache hedgehog cactus · Arizona Hedgehog Cactus · Baker Kingcup Cactus · Echinocereus barthelowanus · Berlandier's hedgehog cactus · Pinkflower hedgehog cactus · Brandegee's Hedgehog Cactus · Sonoran Rainbow Hedgehog · Echinocereus canus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinocereus enneacanthus 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.
