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Miniature Barrel Cactus

Hamatocactus setispinus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) guillermohsosa-tovar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 105, February 100, March 137, April 245, May 190, June 116, July 102, August 94, September 71, October 82, November 98, December 95.
Texas1,268
United States1,190
Mexico99
Tamaulipas73
Coahuila de Zaragoza17
Nuevo Leon9
Pennsylvania1
Nevada1
West Virginia1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
GenusHamatocactus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Miniature Barrel Cactus with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.