Cactaceae
Smallflower fishhook cactus
Sclerocactus parviflorus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocactus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 彩虹山, 小花月华玉, 小花金琥
- English
- Smallflower fishhook cactus, Small-flower fishhook cactus, Longspine fishhook cactus
- German
- Betatakin Cactus
Synonyms
- Echinocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) L.D.Benson
- Echinocactus parviflorus var. havasupaiensis (Clover) L.D.Benson
- Echinocactus parviflorus var. roseus (Clover) L.D.Benson
- Ferocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) N.P.Taylor
- Pediocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) Halda
- Pediocactus parviflorus subsp. havasupaiensis (Clover) Halda
- Pediocactus parviflorus subsp. intermedius (Peebles) Halda
- Pediocactus parviflorus subsp. terrae-canyonae (K.D.Heil) Halda
- Sclerocactus contortus K.D.Heil
- Sclerocactus havasupaiensis Clover
- Sclerocactus havasupaiensis var. roseus Clover
- Sclerocactus intermedius Peebles
- Sclerocactus parviflorus f. macrospermus Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus f. terrae-canyonae (K.D.Heil) Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus f. variiflorus Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. havasupaiensis (Clover) Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. intermedius (Peebles) K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. macrospermus (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. terrae-canyonae (K.D.Heil) K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. variiflorus (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus parviflorus var. intermedius (Peebles) D.Woodruff & L.D.Benson
- Sclerocactus terrae-canyonae K.D.Heil
- Sclerocactus whipplei var. intermedius (Peebles) L.D.Benson
- Sclerocactus whipplei var. roseus (Clover) L.D.Benson
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: Rebou at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.