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Ferocactus wislizeni. ( Engelm.) Britt. & Rose. 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 ...
List of candies. A candy shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Candy in Damascus, Syria. Bulk candies. Various candies from Austria, Denmark, France and Sweden. Candy, known also as sweets and confectionery, has a long history as a familiar food treat that is available in many varieties. Candy varieties are influenced by the size of the sugar ...
Link & Otto. Echinocactus platyacanthus, also known as the giant barrel cactus, golden barrel cactus, giant viznaga, or biznaga de dulce, [ 2] Its Nahuatl (Aztec) name is Huitzli nahual. It is a species of cactus (family Cactaceae). It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. [ 1] This species is the largest of the barrel cacti.
A cactus ( pl.: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) [ 3] is a member of the plant family Cactaceae ( / kækˈteɪsi.iː, - ˌaɪ / ), [ a] a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. [ 4] The word cactus derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word κάκτος ( káktos ), a ...
Cereus repandus (syn. Cereus peruvianus ), the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, spiny columnar cactus found in South America. It is also known as giant club cactus, hedge cactus, cadushi (in Papiamento and Wayuunaiki [ 2] ), and kayush . Cereus repandus is grown mostly as an ornamental plant, but has some local culinary importance.
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Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. [ 3] O. ficus-indica is the most widespread and most commercially important cactus. [ 2][ 3] It is grown primarily as a ...
Ferocactus cylindraceus, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, USA. Ferocactus echidne. 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. They are found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.