Echinocactus Polycephalus subs Polycephalus
Common Name: Red Barrel Cactus
California NativeUnited States Native
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Echinocactus polycephalus subsp. polycephalus is a rare, slow-growing barrel cactus native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California. It is best known for forming clusters (“polycephalus” means “many-headed”) of multiple barrel-shaped stems, each densely covered with stiff reddish spines.
Plant Details
- Type
- Cactus
- Native Region
- Mojave and Sonoran desert
- Mature Size
- 2–4' wide, 8–18" tall
- Growth Rate
- Very Slow
- Where Excelled
- Mojave and Sonoran desert
- Watering
- Extremely low; zero in most climates
- Reproduction
- Produces new cactus offshoots approximately every 10 years. Produces seeds yearly—1,000 to 20,000 per year.
- Sugar Content
- Fruits are inedible; very low sugar content
- Uses
- Landscaping, Seed oil, Cactus for medicinal uses
- Available Sizes
- 1000 seeds, $105 with free shipping
- 5000 seeds, $450 with free shipping
- 10,000 seeds, $850 with free shipping
- Pest Resistance
- Donkeys: Low
- Common Plagues
- Rot from overwatering
- Climate Observations
- -5-120F
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