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Coryphantha echinus

About
Coryphantha echinus is a species of cactus known by the common names of sea urchin cactus, hedgehog Cory cactus or rhinoceros cactus. C. echinus is found in the south and east portion of the Trans-Pecos to Del Rio, Chihuahua, Coahuila and sporadically in the northeast Trans-Pecos. The plant normally occurs in solitary groupings, but sometimes grows as a clump. It produces short-lived yellow flowers that last for a couple of hours between April and July. After flowering, it produces green fruits.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Coryphantha echinus
- Slug
- coryphantha-echinus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Coryphantha
- Species
- echinus
- Wikidata QID
- Q1135857
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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