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Echinocereus pectinatus


Common Name(s): Comb Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Rainbow Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus pectinatus
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Distribution: Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, New Mexico, Texas - United States (North America)
Habit: Globose-Cylindrical
Flower: Pink, Purple, Red, YellowEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus
Picture taken at: CSSA Show at Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus
Picture taken at: Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus
Picture taken at: 2005 Intercity Show, Los Angeles Arboretum

Photographer: Daiv Freeman
Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus
Picture taken at: Gunnar's Private Collection

Photographer: Gunnar Hatletveit

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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus
Picture taken at: Private Collection -Baku city, Azerbaijan

Photographer: Ilham Alekperov

Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. wenigeri


Common Name(s): Comb Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Rainbow Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus pectinatus
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Distribution: Texas - United States (North America)
Habit: Globose-Cylindrical
Flower: Pink, Purple, Red, YellowEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus subsp. wenigeri
Picture taken at: Habitat in Southwest Texas

Photographer: Ed Utley
Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus subsp. wenigeri
Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus subsp. wenigeri
Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus subsp. wenigeri
Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection

Photographer: Juergen Menzel

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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus subsp. wenigeri
Picture taken at: Vladimir Malov's Private Collection

Photographer: Vladimir Malov

Echinocereus pectinatus var. coahuila


Common Name(s): Comb Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Rainbow Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus pectinatus
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Distribution: Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, New Mexico, Texas - United States (North America)
Habit: Globose-Cylindrical
Flower: Pink, YellowEncounterability: Common Locally in Some Areas
Species Notes: The name, "pectinatus var. coahuila" has never been published and is therefore not a valid name. It is believed with good reason that plants with this name in cultivation is the result of the locality being mistaken for a variety. In other words, plants or seeds that were labled "Coahuila" actually meant those collected from the Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza, but was misinterpreted as variety coahuila.

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Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus var. coahuila
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino
Echinocereus pectinatus
E. pectinatus var. coahuila
Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection

Photographer: Tony Marino

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