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Allicoche hedgehog cactus

Echinocereus papillosus

Also called Órgano-pequeño Cardoncillo

Allicoche hedgehog cactus
Photo: Cat, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
S. Texas to NE. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echinocereus papillosus is a species of cactus native to Texas and Mexico.

Where it grows

Echinocereus papillosus is found growing in sandy limestone loam in the Northeast Laredo into McMullen County and Alice, Texas and in the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí around elevations of 400 meters. Plants are found growing along Stenocereus pruinosus, Selenicereus triangularis and Echinocereus enneacanthus var. carnosus .

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 papillosus 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.

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