Cactaceae
Whipple's fishhook cactus
Sclerocactus whipplei
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocactus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Whipple's fishhook cactus
Synonyms
- Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Echinocactus whipplei var. nanus S.A.Mori
- Ferocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) N.P.Taylor
- Pediocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Arp
- Pediocactus whipplei subsp. busekii (Hochstätter) Halda
- Sclerocactus parviflorus var. blessingiae W.H.Earle
- Sclerocactus whipplei subsp. busekii (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Hochstätter
- Sclerocactus whipplei var. pygmaeus Peebles
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daniel McNair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Dudley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel McNair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Dudley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.