Cactaceae
Rainbow hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus rigidissimus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rainbow hedgehog cactus
Synonyms
- Cereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus Engelm.
- Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall
- Echinocereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) Rümpler
- Echinocereus rigidispinus (Muehlenpf.) Engelm. ex J.N.Haage
- Echinocereus rigidissimus var. rigidissimus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Daniel McNair, 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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.