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Echinocactus texensis |
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| | Spring of its second year, still tiny |
| Synonym(s) |
Homalocephala texensis |
| Common name |
horse crippler cactus; devil's head; chisos hedgehog |
| Family |
cactaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
red |
| Size |
2" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil; drought-tolerant |
Squat cactus, growing only 2 inches tall and 12 inches around, whose ridges are lined with mean spines – its common names speak to their potency. Salmon-red flowers with feather-edged petals appear through the warmer months, opening during daytime. Native from Oklahoma through northern Mexico, where it grows in deserts and scrubby grassland. So far, it's been very slow-growing for us, reaching no more than about 1/4 inch around in its first full year after it grew from seed.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: Houston rock garden About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Echinocactus texensis
- Seed from NARGS '19/'20 exchange. Baggy 70F (50%G, 9-19d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (18%G, 24-52d)
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