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Echinocactus horizonthalonius
About
Echinocactus horizonthalonius is a species of cactus known by several common names, including devilshead, turk's head cactus, blue barrel cactus, eagle's claw, horse maimer, horse crippler, and visnaga meloncillo. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert habitats, particularly on limestone substrates. One of its varieties is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Echinocactus horizonthalonius
- Slug
- echinocactus-horizonthalonius
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocactus
- Species
- horizonthalonius
- Wikidata QID
- Q141016
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocactus_horizonthalonius
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