peyote

E473348

Peyote is a small, spineless cactus native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, known for its psychoactive mescaline content and traditional use in Indigenous spiritual and religious ceremonies.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lophophora williamsii 2
peyote canonical 2
Don Peyote 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cactus
entheogen
psychoactive plant
activeDoseForm whole plant material
administrationRoute oral ingestion
commonName Lophophora williamsii
linked to: peyote
conservationStatus vulnerable in parts of its range
consumedAs dried cactus buttons
fresh cactus buttons
contains mescaline
psychoactive alkaloids
culturalRole medicine
sacrament
effectType hallucinogenic
psychedelic
family Cactaceae
genus Lophophora
growthForm small globular cactus
growthRate slow-growing
habitat arid and semi-arid regions
limestone soils
hasAreoles true
hasSpines false
isSpineless true
kingdom Plantae
legalExceptionUnitedStates religious use by members of the Native American Church
legalStatus controlled substance in many countries
legalStatusUnitedStates Schedule I controlled substance (mescaline-containing cactus)
nativeTo Chihuahuan Desert
Mexico
Southwestern United States
Tamaulipan thornscrub
order Caryophyllales
photosynthesisType CAM photosynthesis
primaryPsychoactiveComponent mescaline
reproduction seeds
vegetative offsets
taxonRank species
threat habitat loss
overharvesting
usedBy Huichol people
linked to: Huichol

Indigenous peoples of Mexico
Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States
Native American Church members
Navajo Nation members
Tarahumara people
usedFor divination
healing rituals
religious ceremonies
spiritual ceremonies

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wixárika religion sacredPlant Lophophora williamsii
linked to: peyote
Wixárika sacredPlant peyote
peyote commonName Lophophora williamsii
linked to: peyote
Dan Fogler notableWork Don Peyote
linked to: peyote
Microdosing hasTypicalSubstance Mescaline
linked to: peyote