Cactaceae
Lady of the night cactus
Cereus hexagonus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cereus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- شمعية سداسية
- arz
- شمعيه سداسيه
- Chinese
- 六棱柱, 六角天轮柱, 鳞片柱
- English
- Lady of the night cactus
- Lithuanian
- Šešiabriaunis stulpenis
- pap
- Dama di anochi
- Persian
- کاکتوس محبوبه شب
- Spanish
- Cirial, Cirio, Miramar, Pitahaya
Synonyms
- Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg
- Cactus hexagonus L.
- Cactus hexagonus Lam.
- Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud.
- Cactus peruvianus DC.
- Cactus regalis Spreng.
- Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg
- Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm.
- Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck
- Cereus longiflorus Alexander
- Cereus northumberlandianus Lamb.
- Cereus perlucens K.Schum.
- Cereus perrottetianus Lem.
- Cereus surinamensis Trew
- Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr.
- Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först.
- Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm.
- Pilosocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Piptanthocereus lepidotus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clara Coulbrant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: magnus granskau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.