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Texas rainbow cactus

Echinocereus dasyacanthus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 469, February 449, March 510, April 968, May 593, June 288, July 259, August 267, September 317, October 338, November 440, December 427.
United States8,919
Texas5,326
New Mexico3,591
Mexico3
Chihuahua2
Georgia1
South Carolina1
Nuevo Leon1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
Genushedgehog cactuses · Echinocereus

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