Cactaceae
Horse crippler
Homalocephala texensis
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Homalocephala
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 綾波, 绫波, 凌波
- English
- Horse crippler, Devil's pincushion
- Lithuanian
- Teksasinis ežiakaktusis
- Spanish
- Biznaga-tonel Manca Caballo
Synonyms
- Echinocactus courantianus Lem. ex Labour.
- Echinocactus lindheimeri Engelm. & A.Gray
- Echinocactus platycephalus Muehlenpf.
- Echinocactus texensis Hopffer
- Echinocactus texensis var. gourgensii Cels ex Labour.
- Echinocactus texensis var. longispinus Schelle
- Homalocephala texensis var. gourgensii (Cels ex Labour.) Y.Itô
Photos
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 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, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.