Cactaceae
Hedge cactus
Cereus hildmannianus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cereus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 神代柱, 翡翼柱, 鬼面阁
- Dutch
- Sterke toortscactus
- English
- Hedge cactus, Andes organ pipe
- French
- Cierge du Pérou
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis stulpenis
- Persian
- اسپندار ستونی
- Swedish
- Pelarkaktus
Synonyms
- Cactus abnormis Willd.
- Cactus peruvianus var. monstruosus DC.
- Cereus abnormis (Willd.) Sweet
- Cereus alacriportanus Pfeiff.
- Cereus alacriportanus var. bageanus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
- Cereus bonariensis C.F.Först.
- Cereus calvescens DC.
- Cereus childsii Blanc
- Cereus curvispinus Pfeiff.
- Cereus haematuricus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
- Cereus hildmannianus subsp. xanthocarpus (K.Schum.) P.J.Braun & Esteves
- Cereus milesimus Rost
- Cereus monstrosus Steud.
- Cereus monstruosus K.Schum.
- Cereus neonesioticus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
- Cereus neonesioticus var. interior (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
- Cereus peruvianus subvar. nanus Salm-Dyck
- Cereus peruvianus var. alacriportanus (Pfeiff.) K.Schum.
- Cereus peruvianus var. monstrosus DC.
- Cereus peruvianus var. ovicarpus Hertrich
- Cereus peruvianus var. persicinus Werderm.
- Cereus peruvianus var. proferrens Werderm.
- Cereus peruvianus var. reclinatus Werderm.
- Cereus validus Haw.
- Cereus xanthocarpus K.Schum.
- Piptanthocereus alacriportanus (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter
- Piptanthocereus bageanus F.Ritter
- Piptanthocereus neonesioticus F.Ritter
- Piptanthocereus neonesioticus var. interior F.Ritter
- Piptanthocereus peruvianus var. monstruosus (DC.) Riccob.
- Piptanthocereus validus (Haw.) Riccob.
- Piptanthocereus xanthocarpus (K.Schum.) F.Ritter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Roderick Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trilhas e Lugares from Mamborê, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Trilhas e Lugares from Mamborê, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Trilhas e Lugares from Mamborê, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.