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Ferocactus is a genus of large barrel-shaped cacti, mostly with large spines and small flowers. There are about 30 species included in the genus. There are about 30 species included in the genus. They are found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Ferocactus hamatacanthus develops elongated glands, usually 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 4 centimetres (1.6 in), in the aeroles between the flower and the spines. At first, these glands are soft, but as they mature they become hard and spine-like.
Ferocactus gracilis is native to southern Sierra San Pedro Martir, south to Punta Prieta, and northern Baja California, Mexico, growing at elevations of 10 to 30 meters.. It thrives in rocky hillsides, outwash fans, silt flats, and gravelly plains, often alongside other desert plants like Mammillaria dioica, Cochemiea hutchisoniana, Echinocereus engelmannii, Pachycereus pringlei, Stenocereus ...
Ferocactus uncinatus typically grows alone, with bluish-green, spherical to cylindrical shoots ranging from 18 to 27 cm (7.1 to 10.6 in) in height and 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) in diameter. It has about 13 wavy ribs with pronounced tubercles, and sharp furrows between the ridges.
All these adaptations enable cacti to absorb water rapidly during periods of brief or light rainfall. Thus, Ferocactus cylindraceus reportedly can take up a significant amount of water within 12 hours from as little as 7 mm (0.3 in) of rainfall, becoming fully hydrated in a few days. [11]
The classification of the family Cactaceae remains uncertain as of August 2023.Since the mid-1990s, the system produced by the International Cactaceae Systematics Group (ICSG) of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study has been used as the basis of many published classifications.
Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually growing to a cylindrical shape, with spiny ribs ...
Ferocactus glaucescens is a solitary or branching cactus with spherical or cylindrical blue-green frosted shoots, growing up to 45 cm (18 in) in height and 60 cm (24 in) in diameter. The shoots have slightly depressed apices and 12 to 17 sharp-edged, non-tuberculated ribs with elongated areoles that are often connected.