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Echinocereus pectinatus
Also called Órgano-pequeño Peine, Comb Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Yellow Alicoche, Arizona Hedgehog Cactus, Spiny Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus pectinatus is a small, spiny hedgehog cactus from the Cactus family, native to northern Mexico and the southwestern US. It is grown for its comb-like white and pink spines and large, deep pink flowers, and needs strong sun, sharp drainage and little water.
Echinocereus pectinatus is a species of hedgehog cactus.
Found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, and in the south-western US (New Mexico and Texas) at elevations of 400 to 1900 meters.
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 pectinatus 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.
