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Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Also called Claretcup Hedgehog, Mojave Mound Cactus, Mound Hedgehog Cactus, Rose's Claret Cup Cactus, Rose's Hedgehog, Black Spine Claret Cup Cactus, Claret Cup Cactus
Kingcup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) is a mounding hedgehog cactus of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, grown for its large scarlet flowers. It needs full sun, very sharp drainage and minimal water.
Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes, scrub, and mountain woodland. E. triglochidiatus is the official state cactus of Colorado.
All the varieties of the E. triglochidiatus can be found in the Southwestern United States. It lives in various upland, mountain, and desert climates throughout Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California, Texas and Northern Mexico at elevations between 150 and 3500 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 triglochidiatus 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.
