Cactaceae
Ferocactus echidne
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Ferocactus
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- فيروكاكتوس ايكيدنى
- Chinese
- 龙虎
- Lithuanian
- Piktasis ferokaktusas
Synonyms
- Echinocactus dolichacanthus Lem.
- Echinocactus dolichacanthus var. minor Lem.
- Echinocactus dolichocentrus Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus echidne DC.
- Echinocactus echidne f. gilvus (A.Dietr.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus echidne var. gilvus (A.Dietr.) Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus gilvus A.Dietr.
- Echinocactus rafaelensis J.A.Purpus
- Echinocactus vanderaeyi Lem.
- Echinocactus victoriensis Rose
- Echinofossulocactus echidne (DC.) Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi (Lem.) Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi var. ignotus-longispinus Lawr.
- Ferocactus echidne var. rhodanthus G.Unger
- Ferocactus echidne var. victoriensis (Rose) G.E.Linds.
- Ferocactus rafaelensis (J.A.Purpus) Borg
- Ferocactus victoriensis (Rose) Backeb.
- Parrycactus echidne (DC.) Doweld
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March, July (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jose Antonio Aranda Pineda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erick Vélez Sánchez, 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: amantedarmanin, 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). About our plant data.