Cactaceae
Saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Carnegiea
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Common names
By language (54)
- Arabic
- سجوار, الصبار العملاق, صبار صغواري
- arz
- سجوار
- azb
- ساقوارو
- Basque
- Saguaro
- Bulgarian
- Сагуаро
- Catalan
- Saguaro, Cactus saguaro
- Cebuano
- Carnegia
- Central Kurdish
- ساگوارۆ
- Chinese
- 巨人柱, 弁庆, 巨人柱属
- Croatian
- Saguaro kaktus
- Czech
- Saguaro, Kaktus saguaro
- Danish
- Kæmpekaktus, Kæmpekatus
- Dutch
- Saguaro, Reuzentoortscactus, Saguarocactus
- English
- Saguaro, Saguaro cactus, Giant cactus, Arizona giant cactus
- Esperanto
- Saguaro, Giganta kakto, Kandelabra kakto
- Estonian
- Saguaaro-karneegiakaktus
- Finnish
- Jättikaktus, Saguarokaktus, Jättiläiskaktus, Saguaro
- French
- Saguaro
- German
- Riesenkaktus, Rooksbya, Saguaro, Sahuaro
- Greek
- Κάκτος Σαγκουάρο, Σαγκουάρο
- Guarani
- Saguáro
- Gujarati
- સાગુઆરો
- Hebrew
- סגווארו
- Hungarian
- Saguaro, Kandeláberkaktusz
- Indonesian
- Saguaro
- Italian
- Saguaro
- Japanese
- ベンケイチュウ, サガロ, サグアロ, サワロ
- Javanese
- Saguaro
- Kazakh
- Sagwaro, Сагуаро, ساگۋارو
- Korean
- 변경주선인장
- lah
- سگوارو
- Lithuanian
- Didžioji karnegija, Carnegia, Karnegija, Saguaro
- Macedonian
- Сагуаро
- mrj
- Сагуаро
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempekaktus
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kjempekaktus
- nv
- Hosh aditsahiitsoh, Hosh 'aditsáhii tsoh, Hosh aditsáhii tsoh
- Persian
- ساگوارو
- Polish
- Karnegia olbrzymia, Saguaro
- Portuguese
- Saguaro
- Russian
- Карнегия, Карнегия гигантская, Сагуаро, Сакуэро, Цереус гигантский
- sco
- Saguaro
- Serbian
- Saguaro kaktus, Сагуаро кактус, Сагуаро
- Serbian (Latin)
- Saguaro
- Slovenian
- Saguaro
- Spanish
- Saguaro, Saguaros, Sahuaro
- Swedish
- Saguarokaktus, Carnegia, Saguaro, Saguarokaktusar, Saguarokaktussläktet
- Tamil
- பெரிய சப்பாத்தி கள்ளி மரம்
- Thai
- ซากัวโร
- Turkish
- Saguaro
- udm
- Сагуаро
- Ukrainian
- Carnegiea
- Vietnamese
- Xương rồng Saguaro, Saguaro
- war
- Carnegia
Synonyms
- Carnegiea gigantea f. cristata P.V.Heath
- Cereus giganteus Engelm.
- Pilocereus giganteus (Engelm.) Rümpler
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 1,267 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- orange (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ashley N, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tero Linjama, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tyrv, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harrison J Elkins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Vasquez, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Philippe Vilain, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Jones, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nick Block, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.