Spiny Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus dasyacanthus

Echinocereus dasyacanthus Engelm. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Echinocereus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHCENTRALUSA, MEXICO, NWMOO, MXN, MXNSI, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXECO, MXEHI, TEXOO, MXEAG, MXE_CU; SC. U.S.A. and Mexico (N. Sonora to N. Chihuahua).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Echinocereus dasyacanthus Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:276220-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus dasyacanthus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084128
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SC. U.S.A. and Mexico (N. Sonora to N. Chihuahua)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, MEXICO, NWM_OO, MXN, MXN_SI, MXE_DU, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, TEX_OO, MXE_AG, MXE_CU; SC. U.S.A. and Mexico (N. Sonora to N. Chihuahua).