Eagle Claw Cactus
Also known by other other common names such as the devil's-head cactus and horse crippler, this small, extremely slow-growing native cactus of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts is found in Southern Arizona and New Mexico, Western Texas and can be found in the wild as far south as Mexico City. This cylindrical cactus is usually found alone, rather than in clusters and is believed to live to 75-100 years! The dense, wooly-haired mass at the top of this eagle claw cactus will produce a large 2-3 inch pink flower by the end of each summer. This particular cactus was found and photographed in Big Bend National Park in Brewster County in Western Texas in mid-April.
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Angiosperms, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Cactaceae, Cacteae, Caryophyllales, Chihuahuan Desert, Core eudicots, E. horizonthalonius, Echinocactus, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. horizonthalonius, Eudicots, Nichol's turk's-head cactus, Plantae, Texas, Turk's head cactus, arid, ball, blue barrel cactus, blue-green, bluish, botany, cacti, cactus, desert, devil's-head cactus, devilshead, dicot, eagle claw cactus, eagle's claw, eagle-claw cactus, flora, green, heat, horse crippler, horse maimer, hurt, mancacaballo, mancamula, melon cactus, nature, pain, painful, perennial, plant, poke, prickle, prickly, round, sharp, shrub, southwest, sphere, spherical, spike, spiky, spring, succulent, thorn, thorny, turk's-cap cactus, turk's-head cactus, visnaga meloncillo, viznaga meloncillo, west, western, wild, Chiricahua, Chiricahua Desert, Chiricahuan, desert, Big Bend National Park, National Park, NP, BBNP, Chiricahuan Desert
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