Cactaceae
Scheer's fish-hook cactus
Sclerocactus scheeri
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocactus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 黑罗纱, 金罗纱, 金羅紗
- English
- Scheer's fish-hook cactus, Scheer's fishhook cactus, Tobusch fishhook cactus
- Russian
- Анцистрокактус Шеера, Анцистрокактус крупнокорневой
- Spanish
- Biznaga-bola Ganchuda
Synonyms
- Ancistrocactus megarhizus (Rose) Britton & Rose
- Ancistrocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
- Ancistrocactus scheeri f. megarrhizus (Rose) Krainz
- Echinocactus megarrhizus Rose
- Echinocactus scheeri Salm-Dyck
- Ferocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P.Taylor
- Pediocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Halda
- Roseia castanedai Frič
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Helga Januschkowetz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.