Relict Hedgehog Cactus

Echinocereus relictus

Echinocereus relictus Wellard 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 UTA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, NORTHERNAMERICA, UTA_OO; Utah.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, temperate.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 relictus Wellard". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60473592-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus relictus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10806452
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Automatically collected source range/note: UTA, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, NORTHERN_AMERICA, UTA_OO; Utah.