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| '''''Echinocactus polycephalus''''' is a ] that occurs in the ] and northern ]. The stems are sometimes solitary, but more often in clusters of as many as 30, each up to 0.6 m tall. The spines are yellow to red. The fruits are densely woolly, giving the common name "cotton top cactus".<ref></ref> | '''''Echinocactus polycephalus''''' is a ] that occurs in the ] and northern ]. The stems are sometimes solitary, but more often in clusters of as many as 30, each up to 0.6 m tall. The spines are yellow to red. The fruits are densely woolly, giving the common name "cotton top cactus".<ref></ref> In the past, it was sometimes called "nigger-head cactus."<ref>http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-world-of-plant-life-by-clarence-j-hylander.jsp</ref><ref>http://www.extraplicity.com/galleries/barrel.html</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Echinocactus polycephalus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactaceae |
| Tribe: | Cacteae |
| Genus: | Echinocactus |
| Species: | E. polycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow | |
Echinocactus polycephalus is a cactus that occurs in the Mojave Desert and northern Sonoran Desert. The stems are sometimes solitary, but more often in clusters of as many as 30, each up to 0.6 m tall. The spines are yellow to red. The fruits are densely woolly, giving the common name "cotton top cactus". In the past, it was sometimes called "nigger-head cactus."
References
- UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for ECHINOCACTUS polycephalus var. polycephalus
- http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-world-of-plant-life-by-clarence-j-hylander.jsp
- http://www.extraplicity.com/galleries/barrel.html
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