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Echinocereus viereckii

Echinocereus viereckii
Photo: Averater, CC BY 3.0

Echinocereus viereckii is a small, branching cactus from northeastern Mexico that forms clumps of light green stems with purplish-pink funnel-shaped flowers. It needs sharp drainage, full sun and little water, and it is best kept as a container or rock-garden plant.

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out completely between waterings, and water very sparingly in winter.
Soil
Fast-draining cactus or gritty mix with added perlite or coarse sand.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico (SW. Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Echinocereus viereckii is a species of cactus native to Mexico.

Where it grows

Echinocereus viereckii is found in the Mexican states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.

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 viereckii 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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