Great Basin Fishhook Cactus (Sclerocactus pubispinus)

Great Basin Fishhook Cactus, a reference photo — Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Sclerocactus pubispinus is a species of Sclerocactus found from Nevada to Utah.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Great Basin 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 nyensis
Sclerocactus wrightiae
Sclerocactus spinosior
Sclerocactus wetlandicus
Sclerocactus glaucus
Pediocactus despainii

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Sclerocactus
Species: Sclerocactus pubispinus

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