Cactaceae
Navajo pincushion cactus
Pediocactus peeblesianus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pediocactus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Bulgarian
- Пиблезиев педиокактус
- Chinese
- 斑鸠球, 斑鸠, 飞鸟
- English
- Navajo pincushion cactus, Peebles' navajo cactus, Peebles' pediocactus
Synonyms
- Echinocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L.D.Benson
- Navajoa peeblesiana Croizat
- Navajoa peeblesiana f. maia Hochstätter
- Navajoa peeblesiana f. menzelii Hochstätter
- Navajoa peeblesiana subsp. menzelii (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
- Neonavajoa peeblesiana (Croizat) Doweld
- Pediocactus peeblesianus f. maius (Hochstätter) Hájek
- Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii (Hochstätter) Hájek
- Pediocactus peeblesianus var. maianus L.D.Benson
- Toumeya peeblesiana (Croizat) W.T.Marshall
- Utahia peeblesiana (Croizat) Kladiwa
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rebou at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CactiLegacy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CactiLegacy, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.