ferocactus

It and Ferocactus are the two genera of barrel cactus.

It is related to the genus Ferocactus, and hybrids have been created between these two genera.

The larvae probably feed on Ferocactus species.

The fruits are copiously woolly, and this is one major distinction between Echinocactus and Ferocactus.

Ferocactus echidne is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus.

Die Gattung Ferocactus (in German)

It belongs to the small genus Echinocactus, which together with the related genus Ferocactus, are commonly referred to as barrel cacti.

Principal genera are Echinocactus, Ferocactus, Gymnocalycium, and Parodia.

Like Sclerocactus, Ferocactus typically grow in areas where water flows irregularly or depressions where water can accumulate for short periods of time.

Barrel cacti are classified into the two genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus, both of which are found in the Southwest Desert of North America.

They are not to be confused with the Fishhook Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizenii) of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts.

Other cacti providing edible fruit include species of Echinocereus, Ferocactus, Mammillaria, Myrtillocactus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus and Selenicereus.

Originally described as Cactus latispinus in 1824 by English naturalist Adrian Hardy Haworth, it gained its current name in 1922 with the erection of the genus Ferocactus by American botanists Britton and Rose.

Ferocactus emoryi, known commonly as Emory's Barrel Cactus, Coville's barrel cactus and Traveler's Friend, is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus.

"Cactarium" greenhouse collections include: cacti and succulents, with caudiciform species exhibiting thickened root crowns, many species of Asclepiads, Aztecia, Gymnocalycium, Alstromeria, Euphorbia, and Ferocactus, plus two fine examples of Welwitschia mirabilis from Namibian deserts.