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Echinocereus kroenleinii

Echinocereus kroenleinii is a small, clump-forming hedgehog cactus from the dry shrublands of Coahuila, Mexico. Give it full sun, very sharp drainage and a dry rest in winter.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply only when the soil is fully dry, and water sparingly or not at all in winter.
Soil
Gritty cactus mix with extra perlite, pumice or coarse sand for fast drainage.
Temperature
18–35 °C in the growing season; keep cool and dry in winter and protect below about 5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico (Coahuila)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

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Echinocereus kroenleinii is a species of cactus native to Mexico.

Other Echinocereus plants

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 kroenleinii 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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