Cactaceae
Rainbow cactus
Echinocereus pectinatus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 三光丸, 篦刺鹿角柱
- English
- Rainbow cactus, Órgano-pequeño peine
Synonyms
- Cereus dasyacanthus var. minor Engelm.
- Cereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.
- Cereus pectiniferus Labour.
- Echinocactus pectinatus Scheidw.
- Echinocactus pectinifer Lem.
- Echinocactus pectinifer var. laevior Lem.
- Echinocactus pectiniferus Lem.
- Echinocactus pectiniferus var. laevior Lem.
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. bauerii Rother
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. candicans Rydb.
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. castaneus Rydb.
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. jamauvei Frič
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. laevior Th.Wolf
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. minor (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. pectinatus
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. reichenbachii Werderm.
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. robustior Th.Wolf
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. rufispinus K.Schum.
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. tamaulipensis Frič ex Schelle
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. texensis Rümpler
- Echinopsis pectinata (Scheidw.) J.H.Fennell
- Echinopsis pectinata var. laevior Monv. ex C.F.Först.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 217 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ulises Pinedo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karla M. Benítez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 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.