Cactaceae
Turk's head
Ferocactus hamatacanthus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Ferocactus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 大虹
- Dutch
- Hakige hoorncactus
- English
- Turk's head, Biznaga-de-Limilla, Fishhook cactus, Tobusch fishhook cactus
- Macedonian
- Кукасто-боцкаст кактус
- Spanish
- Biznaga-barril Costillona, Bisnaga hamatacantha
Synonyms
- Brittonia davisii Houghton & C.A.Armstr.
- Echinocactus deflexispinus Gruson
- Echinocactus flexispinus Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus gerardii F.A.C.Weber
- Echinocactus hamatacanthus Muehlenpf.
- Echinocactus hamatacanthus var. brevispinus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Echinocactus hamatacanthus var. longihamatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) J.M.Coult.
- Echinocactus insignis Haage Jr.
- Echinocactus longihamatus Galeotti
- Echinocactus longihamatus f. brevispinus (Engelm.) Schelle
- Echinocactus longihamatus var. bicolor F.A.C.Weber
- Echinocactus longihamatus var. brevispinus Engelm.
- Echinocactus longihamatus var. crassispinus Engelm.
- Echinocactus longihamatus var. deflexispinus F.A.C.Weber
- Echinocactus longihamatus var. insignis F.A.C.Weber
- Echinocactus setispinus var. longihamatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Poselg.
- Echinocactus texensis var. treculianus C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus uncinatus Engelm. ex Scheer
- Ferocactus hamatacanthus var. crassispinus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
- Hamatocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpf.) F.M.Knuth
- Hamatocactus hamatacanthus var. davisii (Houghton & C.A.Armstr.) W.T.Marshall
- Hamatocactus hamatocanthus var. davisii (Houghton & C.A.Armstr.) W.T.Marshall
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 89 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mauricio Calderón, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.