Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Nye County Fishhook Cactus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sclerocactus pubispinus
- Pediocactus despainii
- Sclerocactus wetlandicus
- Sclerocactus spinosior
- Sclerocactus wrightiae
- Sclerocactus mesae-verdae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocactus
- Species
- Sclerocactus nyensis
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