PLANTS Profile for Echinocactus horizonthalonius (devilshead)

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Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.
devilshead

Symbol:

ECHO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. United States, TX, Big Bend National Park. Usage Requirements.

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Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.

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Distribution:
Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 3 species in Echinocactus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. horizonthalonius
devilshead

Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii
Nichol's echinocactus

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Echinocactus Link & Otto – echinocactus
Species	Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem. – devilshead

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii
Nichol's turk's head cactus		Endangered
Arizona:
		Salvage restricted
Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii
Nichol's Turk's head cactus		Highly Safeguarded

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19819.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 06:57 PM MDT