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Echinocereus yavapaiensis
Yavapai hedgehog cactus is a small, clump-forming desert cactus from central Arizona, grown for its spiny green stems and red funnel-shaped flowers. The key to growing it is full sun, sharp drainage and very sparing water.
Echinocereus yavapaiensis is a species of cactus native to Arizona.
Plants are found growing in bedrock outcrops with desert scrub in Yavapai County, Arizona, at elevations between 1035 and 1860 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 yavapaiensis 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.
