Relict Hedgehog Cactus

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Echinocereus relictus

Relict Hedgehog Cactus, a reference photo
Photo: Mitch Van Dyke https://www.inaturalist.org/people/mitchvandyke · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Echinocereus relictus is a species of hedgehog cactus commonly known as “purple-spined hedgehog cactus”.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Relict Hedgehog 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

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Species
Echinocereus relictus

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