Cactaceae
Scarlet hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 赤花虾
- English
- Scarlet hedgehog cactus
- lah
- کیسری تھور
- Spanish
- Órgano-pequeño de Espinas Escarlatas
Synonyms
- Cereus aggregatus J.M.Coult.
- Cereus coccineus var. cylindricus Engelm.
- Cereus hexaedrus Engelm.
- Echinocereus coccineus subsp. aggregatus (Engelm.) W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Rutow
- Echinocereus coccineus subsp. transpecosensis W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach
- Echinocereus conoideus var. cristata Houghton
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. coccineus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. coccineus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 3,477 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karla M. Benítez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brooke Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: colinpena, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Casey Cowan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philippe Giabbanelli, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charlie Llewellin from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.