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Ferocactus fordii
Also called Ford Barrel Cactus
Ford's barrel cactus is a small, spherical desert cactus from the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico, with pink flowers in spring. It is grown in full sun with very sparing water and sharp-drainage soil.
Ferocactus fordii is a species of succulent plant in the family Cactaceae, commonly known as Ford's barrel cactus, endemic to the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico. It is spherical, growing to 50 cm (20 in) in diameter, with whitish-grey radial spines and solitary flowers of a deep rose pink, 4 cm (2 in) in diameter.
Ferocactus fordii is endemic to the Baja California Peninsula and its two constituent states in Mexico, and is found along the Pacific Coast. It occurs from the vicinity of San Quintín, Baja California to the town of Guerrero Negro on the Vizcaíno Peninsula of far northern Baja California Sur, and is also on Isla San Martín and Isla Natividad. When var. grandiflorus is included, it ranges further south to Bahía Tortugas and Punta Abreojos.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ferocactus fordii 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.
