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Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelmann) Lemaire 1868

Hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog

This hedgehog cactus is native to southwestern North America. They are found in the San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, White and Inyo Mountains, and deserts. Echinocereus is from the Greek for hedgehog or sea urchin, and engelmannii is for its discoverer, the prolific German-American botanist George Engelmann.

Plants: Plants occur in groups of up to 60 stems, with clumps reaching up to 3′ (1 m) around. Cylindrical green stems with 10-15 ribs, 1¾–24″ (5–60 cm) high and up to 3½″ (9 cm) around, are nearly invisible under the copious spines. Spine groups are highly variable. 2-7 central spines up to 2½″ (7 cm) long are haphazardly oriented and variable in color. Another 6-14 radial spines, smaller and whitish, lie close to the stem surface.

Flowers: Funnel-shaped flowers are usually deep magenta, varying from pink to red-purple. They bloom from May to June.

Fruits: Red, up to 1″ (3 cm) long.

Habitats: Found in the San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, White and Inyo Mountains, and deserts.

Edibility: Fruits are edible.

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

Echinocereus engelmannii flowers from the Desert National Wildlife Range, north of Las Vegas, NV. 4/26/2005. By Stan Shebs.

References:

Anderson, Edward F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press, 2001, p. 234

Online References:

CactiGuide.com

Desert-tropicals.com

CalPhotos at the University of California, Berkeley

The Jepson Manual

Cereus engelmannii Parry ex Engelmann 1852
Cereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus Engelmann & Bigelow 1856
Echinocereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus (Engelmann & Bigelow) Rümpler 1885
Cereus engelmannii var. variegatus Engelmann & Bigelow 1856
Echinocereus engelmannii var. variegatus (Engelmann & Bigelow) Rümpler 1885
Cereus munzii Parish 1926
Echinocereus munzii (Parish) L. D. Benson 1941
Echinocereus engelmannii var. munzii (Parish) P. Pierce & Fosberg 1933
Echinocereus engelmannii var. acicularis L. D. Benson 1969
Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus L. D. Benson 1969
Echinocereus engelmannii var. purpureus L. D. Benson 1969
Echinocereus engelmannii var. howei L. D. Benson 1974

 

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 8 × 6″ (19 × 16 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 6 × 4″ (14 × 10 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

5/5/2014 · American Southwest (AZ or TX) · By Jacquelyn Boyt

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 17 × 12″ (44 × 29 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mex­ico · ≈ 6 × 6″ (16 × 14 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 6 × 9″ (16 × 23 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 8 × 6″ (19 × 16 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 5 × 4″ (13 × 10 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 6 × 8″ (16 × 19 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

5/3/2018 · Ryan Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 6 × 4½″ (15 × 12 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

5/3/2018 · Ryan Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 7 × 5″ (16 × 13 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mex­ico · ≈ 10 × 8″ (25 × 19 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

5/3/2018 · Ryan Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 6 × 5″ (16 × 12 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 6 × 5″ (15 × 13 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 16 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 7 × 5″ (16 × 13 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Echinocereus engelmannii (hedgehog cactus, calico cactus, dagger-spine hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog, Howe hedgehog, Indian strawberry cactus, Munz’s hedgehog cactus, needle-spine hedgehog, purple-spined hedgehog, strawberry hedgehog, varied-spine hedgehog, Engelmann hedgehog, Engelmann’s hedgehog cactus)

5/3/2018 · Ryan Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park, Cali­fornia · ≈ 7 × 6″ (18 × 16 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassCaryophyllidaeCacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts
OrderCaryophyllalesIncludes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants
FamilyCactaceaeSucculent (water-storing) plants, often spiny
GenusEchinocereusRibbed, small to medium-sized cacti
SpeciesengelmanniiAfter Georg(e) Engelmann (1809-1884), a German-born St. Louis physician and botanist, and prolific author on cacti, North American conifers and oaks

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Echinocereus engelmannii description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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