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Echinocereus scheeri is a hedgehog cactus from northern Mexico that forms clusters of cylindrical stems with large pink to scarlet funnel flowers. It needs full sun, very well drained soil, and sparing watering.
Echinocereus scheeri is a species of hedgehog cactus in the family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico. With its dramatic offsets, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Echinocereus scheeri is distributed in the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango.
Spiny hedgehog cactus · Lace hedgehog cactus · Echinocereus subinermis · Hedgehog cactus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinocereus scheeri 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.
