Echinocactus texensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Echinocactus |
Species: | E. texensis
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Binomial name | |
Echinocactus texensis Hopffer, 1842
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Synonyms | |
Homalocephala texensis, (Hopffer) Britton & Rose |
Echinocactus texensis (also known as the horse crippler or devil's pincushion) is a cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is endemic to the United States and Mexico. It has one synonym. [2]