Cactaceae
Berlandier's hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus berlandieri
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 金龙
- English
- Berlandier's hedgehog cactus
- Spanish
- Órgano-pequeño de Berlandier
Synonyms
- Cereus berlandieri Engelm.
- Cereus blanckii Poselg.
- Cereus poselgerianus (Linke) A.Berger
- Echinocereus berlandieri var. blanckii (Poselg.) P.Fourn.
- Echinocereus berlandieri var. poselgerianus (Linke) Lodé
- Echinocereus blanckii (Poselg.) Palmer
- Echinocereus blanckii var. angusticeps L.D.Benson
- Echinocereus poselgerianus Linke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James Steakley, 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.