Cactaceae

Ferocactus histrix (DC.) G.E.Linds.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Ferocactus

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Ferocactus histrix (Ferocactus histrix) — FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: هيستريكس فيروكاكتوس
Chinese: 文鸟丸
Lithuanian: Adatinis ferokaktusas
Spanish: Guamishí, Cactus multangularis
Swedish: Bronsdjävulstunga

Synonyms

Bisnaga electracantha (Lem.) Orcutt
Bisnaga histrix (DC.) Doweld
Echinocactus coulteri G.Don
Echinocactus electracanthus Lem.
Echinocactus electracanthus var. rufispinus Müll.Arg.
Echinocactus histrix DC.
Echinocactus hystrichacanthus Lem.
Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.
Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
Echinocactus pfersdorffii Schelle
Echinocactus pycnoxyphus Lem.
Echinofossulocactus oxypterus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr.
Ferocactus melocactiformis (DC.) Britton & Rose

Flowers

In flower: February to April (from 47 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Israel Cortés, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Gómez Maya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, 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.