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Great Basin fishhook cactus

Sclerocactus pubispinus

Also called Great Basin Eagle Claw Cactus

Great Basin fishhook cactus
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Native range
E. Nevada to W. Utah
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

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Sclerocactus pubispinus is a species of Sclerocactus found from Nevada to Utah.

Other Sclerocactus plants

Fishhook Cactuses · Shorthook fishhook cactus · Pariette cactus · Sclerocactus johnsonii subsp. erectocentrus · Uinta Basin hookless cactus · Johnson's Barrel Cactus · Golfball Cactus · Mesa Verde fishhook cactus · Paperspine fishhook cactus · Redspined fishhook cactus · Siler's pincushion cactus · Uinta Basin Hookless Cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sclerocactus pubispinus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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