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Echinocereus gurneyi is a clump-forming hedgehog cactus from rocky limestone hillsides in western Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico. It needs excellent drainage, full sun and dry conditions in winter.
Echinocereus gurneyi is a species of cactus native to Texas.
This species is found growing rocky hillsides and limestone rock in pine oak and juniper woodlands of New Mexico and Texas in the United States and Chihuahua, Mexico at elevations between 1200 and 1500 meters. Plants are found growing along Dasylirion leiophyllum, Pelecyphora sneedii subsp. sneedii, Echinocereus viridiflorus var. cylindricus, and Agave parryi subsp. neomexicana.
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 gurneyi 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.
