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 ↩