PLANTS Profile for Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus (cottontop cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus
cottontop cactus

Symbol:

ECPOP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus

©Steven Perkins. USDA NRCS. United States, CA, Riverside Co., Midland vicinity. December 24, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus

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Distribution:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 3 species in Echinocactus, 2 varieties in Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow

Classification:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus

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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 polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow – cottontop cactus
Variety	Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus – cottontop cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus

This plant is 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.

Arizona:
		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
cottontop cactus		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. polycephalus

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 527806.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 02:54 PM MDT