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Echinocereus dasyacanthus is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use in desert native plant natural landscaping, or as a house plant and in a greenhouse. As the Texas Rainbow cactus is a smaller cacti species, it can be easier to care for. Growing conditions. Texas rainbow cactus requires little to no maintenance for growing.
Coryphantha ramillosa is a rare species of cactus known by the common names bunched cory cactus and whiskerbush. It is native to the border region between Texas in the United States and Coahuila in Mexico. Because it was believed to be rare and threatened by a number of processes, it was federally listed as a threatened species of the United ...
Echinocereus berlandieri (Berlandier's hedgehog cactus) is a species of hedgehog cactus. Its range includes most of South Texas, and is commonly found along the Nueces River and the lower Rio Grande. Its range includes most of South Texas, and is commonly found along the Nueces River and the lower Rio Grande.
Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized, cylindrical shaped cacti, comprising about 70 species native to the southern United States and Mexico in very sunny, rocky places.
Acanthocereus tetragonus is a species of cactus that is native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. The species is invasive in New Caledonia. [4]
Also called angel wing cactus, this handsome plant has big, flat stem-like pads with cottony-looking dots called glochids. But these barbed bristles can pierce gloves , so handle with care.
Astrophytum asterias is a species of cactus in the genus Astrophytum, and is native to small parts of Texas in the United States and Mexico. Common names include sand dollar cactus , sea urchin cactus , star cactus and star peyote .
Plants are usually solitary, but may form clumps. [2] It typically grows to about 6 to 10 centimeters in diameter, growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall, it is a perennial with succulent stems with a blue or gray-green body that is somewhat felty at the top and often thorny. The cactus has 8 to 13 straight or twisted ribs, each divided into crookedly ...