Candy barrel cactus (Ferocactus histrix)
Ferocactus histrix is a large, solitary barrel cactus native to central Mexico, known for prominent ribs and strong, flattened yellow to reddish spines. Yellow flowers.
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Synonyms
Bisnaga electracantha (Lem.) Orcutt
Bisnaga histrix (DC.) Doweld
Echinocactus coulteri G.Don
Echinocactus electracanthus Lem.
Echinocactus histrix DC.
Echinocactus hystrichacanthus Lem.
Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.
Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
Echinocactus pfersdorffii Schelle
Echinocactus pycnoxyphus Lem.
Echinofossulocactus oxypterus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr.
Ferocactus melocactiformis (DC.) Britton & Rose
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classMagnoliopsida
- orderCaryophyllales
- familyCactaceae
- genusFerocactus
- speciesFerocactus histrix