Cactaceae
Organ pipe cactus
Stenocereus thurberi
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Stenocereus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Chinese
- 管風琴仙人掌果, 茶柱, 大王阁, 风琴管仙人掌
- Dutch
- Orgelpijpcactus
- English
- Organ pipe cactus, Organpipe cactus
- German
- Orgelpfeifenkaktus
- Hebrew
- אורגן פייפ קקטוס
- Japanese
- オルガンパイプサボテン
- Korean
- 오르간파이프선인장, 대왕각
- Luxembourgish
- Uergelpäifekaktus
- Persian
- کاکتوس لولهای
- Spanish
- Pitayo Dulce
- Swedish
- Orgelpipekaktus
- Vietnamese
- Xương rồng ống đàn, Xương rồng đại phong cầm
Synonyms
- Cereus thurberi Engelm.
- Cereus thurberi var. monstrosus Dams
- Glandulicereus thurberi (Engelm.) Guiggi
- Lemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
- Marshallocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Backeb.
- Neolemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Backeb.
- Pilocereus thurberi Engelm. ex Rümpler
- Rathbunia thurberi (Engelm.) P.V.Heath
- Rathbunia thurberi f. cristata P.V.Heath
- Rathbunia thurberi f. dichotoma P.V.Heath
- Stenocereus thurberi f. cristatus (P.V.Heath) P.V.Heath
- Stenocereus thurberi f. dichotomus (P.V.Heath) P.V.Heath
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: The original uploader was Pretzelpaws at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Warren Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franc G C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wendy Gabriela Martínez Jiménez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, 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.