Cactaceae
Lace hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus reichenbachii
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 丽光丸
- English
- Lace hedgehog cactus, Bailey's hedgehog cactus, Black lace cactus, Chicken pox, Classen's cactus, Fitch's hedgehog, Lace cactus, Merry widow cactus
- Spanish
- Órgano-pequeño de Colores
- Ukrainian
- Ехіноцереус Рейхенбаха, Ехіноцереус рейхенбахії
Synonyms
- Cereus caespitosus Engelm.
- Cereus caespitosus var. castaneus Engelm.
- Cereus caespitosus var. major Engelm.
- Cereus caespitosus var. minor Engelm.
- Cereus concolor J.M.Bigelow
- Cereus pectinifer Labour.
- Cereus reichenbachianus Labour.
- Cereus reichenbachianus var. castaneus Labour.
- Echinocactus reichenbachii Terscheck ex Walp.
- Echinocereus caespitosus (Engelm.) Engelm.
- Echinocereus caespitosus f. castaneus (Engelm.) Borg
- Echinocereus caespitosus var. castaneus (Engelm.) Rümpler
- Echinocereus caespitosus var. major (Engelm.) Rümpler
- Echinocereus castaneus (Engelm.) Orcutt
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. caespitosus (Engelm.) K.Schum.
- Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. caespitosus (Engelm.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange
- Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. comanchensis D.Felix, Oldach & J.Oldach
- Echinocereus reichenbachii var. reichenbachii
- Echinocereus rotatus Linke
- Echinocereus rungei K.Schum.
- Echinocereus texensis Jacobi
- Echinopsis pectinata var. reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) Salm-Dyck
- Echinopsis reichenbachiana Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 337 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: John Rosford, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: waldo_jeffers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Catherine C. Galley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rationalobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ansil B. R., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.