Cactaceae
Desert valley fishhook cactus
Sclerocactus spinosior
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocactus
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Sclerocactus spinosiorCactaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 黑虹山
- English
- Desert valley fishhook cactus, Desert valley fish-hook cactus, Engelmann fishhook cactus, Spinier devil’s-claw cactus
Synonyms
- Echinocactus spinosior K.Brandegee ex Purpus
- Echinocactus whipplei var. spinosior Engelm.
- Ferocactus spinosior (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
- Pediocactus spinosior (Engelm.) Halda
- Sclerocactus pubispinus var. spinosior (Engelm.) S.L.Welsh
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.