Echinocactus texensis (Horse Crippler) is a stout barrel cactus, solitary when young and very rarely slowly clustering in age. The stem is …
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Echinocactus is a genus of barrel cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. The generic name derives from the Ancient Greek "εχινος (echinos)", meaning "spiny". The genus is native to southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus) is a cactus with a solitary globe-shaped stem that became elongated (barrel-shaped) in …