Cactaceae
Allicoche hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus papillosus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 华山
- English
- Allicoche hedgehog cactus, Órgano-pequeño cardoncillo
Synonyms
- Cereus papillosus (Linke) A.Berger
- Echinocereus angusticeps Clover
- Echinocereus berlandieri var. angusticeps (Clover) L.D.Benson
- Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) L.D.Benson
- Echinocereus blanckii var. papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) L.D.Benson
- Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps (Clover) W.T.Marshall
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Cat, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ad Konings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ad Konings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ad Konings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Holt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Holt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Holt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cat, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abm1985, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abm1985, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, 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.