Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus
Strawberry hedgehog cactus is a common name for several cacti and may refer to: *''Echinocereus engelmannii'', native to the southwestern United States and Mexico *''Echinocereus stramineus ''Echinocereus stramineus'' is a species of cactus in which ''stramineus'' means ''made of straw''. There are various common names such as strawberry cactus, porcupine hedgehog cactus, straw-color hedgehog, and pitaya. The straw-colored spines m ...'' {{Short pages monitor ...
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Echinocereus Engelmannii
''Echinocereus engelmannii'', the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and the adjacent areas of Mexico, including the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Baja California and Sonora. Description Engelmann's hedgehog cactus usually grows in clusters, sometimes up to 20 and more stems. The bright magenta flowers bloom in April in its southern extremes to late May at northern locations. Flowers are borne at the upper half to one third of the stem and are funnelform in shape, up to long with dark-green stigmas. The fruit is spiny. At first the fruit is green, becoming pink and drying when ripe. Ripe fruits have spines that are easily detached. Seeds are black and about a tenth of an inch in size. Stems are initially cylindrical and erect in young plants, but later with the stem base lying on the ground. The stems are usually in diameter and up to high, and obscured by hea ...
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