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is a small to medium-sized cactus that grows alone or in clusters. Its flattened to cylindrical shoots are typically cloudy to gray-green, reaching heights of 12 to 35 cm (4.7 to 13.8 in) and diameters of 12 to 20 cm (4.7 to 7.9 in). The plant has 13 to 21 sharp, ribbed ridges
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254:Echinocactus dolichacanthus var. minor
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342:Ferocactus echidne var. victoriensis
1091:IUCN Red List least concern species
611:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
514:Plant growing in La Reforma Near,
326:Ferocactus echidne var. rhodanthus
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310:Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi
262:Echinocactus echidne f. gilvus
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337:(Rose) Lodé 2020 publ. 2022
246:Echinocactus dolichacanthus
230:Echinofossulocactus echidne
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302:Echinocactus victoriensis
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206:(DC.) Britton & Rose
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391:Coville's barrel cactus
358:Ferocactus victoriensis
294:Echinocactus vanderaeyi
582:Ferocactus rectispinus
566:Nathaniel Lord Britton
445:Plant with red flowers
353:(J.A.Purpus) Borg 1937
350:Ferocactus rafaelensis
345:(Rose) G.E.Linds. 1955
395:Emory's barrel cactus
974:Echinocactus echidne
717:at Wikimedia Commons
631:"Ferocactus echidne"
562:Echinocactus echidne
222:Echinocactus echidne
586:Ferocactus covillei
578:Echinocactus emoryi
433:Orange flower plant
361:(Rose) Backeb. 1961
278:Echinocactus gilvus
238:Parrycactus echidne
42:Conservation status
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728:Ferocactus echidne
714:Ferocactus echidne
570:Joseph Nelson Rose
558:Ferocactus echidne
480:Ferocactus echidna
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1085:Categories
905:Plant List
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592:References
574:Ferocactus
500:Guanajuato
496:Tamaulipas
492:Nuevo León
403:houseplant
382:Ferocactus
321:Lawr. 1841
169:Ferocactus
158:Cactoideae
989:Q14943643
488:Queretaro
305:Rose 1909
297:Lem. 1838
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148:Cactaceae
85:Kingdom:
1050:Tropicos
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983:Wikidata
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931:Species+
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758:Wikidata
553:Taxonomy
502:states.
225:DC. 1834
213:Synonyms
144:Family:
128:Eudicots
62:IUCN 3.1
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