Echinocereus fasciculatus

Echinocereus fasciculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. fasciculatus
Binomial name
Echinocereus fasciculatus
(Engelm. ex B.D. Jacks.) L.D. Benson
Synonyms
  • Cactus fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Kuntze 1891
  • Chilita fasciculata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Buxb. 1954
  • Ebnerella fasciculata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Buxb. 1951
  • Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange 1998
  • Echinocereus fendleri var. fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) N.P.Taylor 1985
  • Mammillaria fasciculata Engelm. 1895
  • Neomammillaria fasciculata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Britton & Rose 1923

Echinocereus fasciculatus, commonly known as pinkflower hedgehog cactus, is a clumping cactus (Cactaceae) with brilliant magenta flowers and long spines found in the Sonoran Desert.:90