Echinocereus engelmannii

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Echinocereus engelmannii is a species of hedgehog cactus native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its spiny stems and showy, brightly colored spring flowers.

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Label Occurrences
Echinocereus engelmannii canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf species of cactus ⓘ
vascular plant ⓘ
adaptation drought tolerance ⓘ
heat tolerance ⓘ
armament spines ⓘ
commonName Engelmann hedgehog cactus ⓘ
Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus ⓘ
hedgehog cactus ⓘ
describedBy George Engelmann ⓘ
family Cactaceae ⓘ
flowerCharacteristic large funnel-shaped flowers ⓘ
showy flowers ⓘ
flowerColor magenta ⓘ
pink ⓘ
purple ⓘ
floweringSeason spring ⓘ
foundIn Arizona ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
California ⓘ
linked to: California (state)

Chihuahua ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
fruitColor red ⓘ
fruitEdibility edible to wildlife ⓘ
fruitType fleshy berry ⓘ
genus Echinocereus ⓘ
growthForm clumping cactus ⓘ
stem succulent ⓘ
habitat creosote bush communities ⓘ
desert scrub ⓘ
gravelly soils ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
lightRequirement full sun ⓘ
nativeTo Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico

southwestern United States ⓘ
order Caryophyllales ⓘ
parentTaxon Echinocereus ⓘ
photosynthesisType CAM photosynthesis ⓘ
pollinatedBy bees ⓘ
hummingbirds ⓘ
soilRequirement well-drained soil ⓘ
spineColor brown ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellowish ⓘ
stemSurface ribbed ⓘ
stemType cylindrical stems ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usedAs ornamental plant ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

George Engelmann → hasHonorificEponym → Echinocereus engelmannii ⓘ
Echinocereus → hasSpecies → Echinocereus engelmannii ⓘ