Echinocereus engelmannii, the strawberry hedgehog cactus or Engelmann's hedgehog cactus, is a cactus commonly found in desert areas of the southwestern United States and the adjacent areas of Mexico, including the states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Baja California and Sonora.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Engelmann's 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
- Echinocereus relictus
- Echinocereus rebmanii
- Echinocereus llanurensis
- Echinocereus ferreiranus
- Echinocereus ledingii
- Echinocereus nicholii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocereus
- Species
- Echinocereus engelmannii
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