Mexican giant barrel cactus

Echinocacutus ingens

  • Mexican giant barrel cactus
  • Mexican giant barrel cactus
  • Flower name
    Mexican giant barrel cactus
  • Scientific name
    Echinocacutus ingens
  • Alias巌, エキノカクツス・インゲンス, Mexican giant barrel cactus
  • Place of originMexico
  • Place of floweringGreenhouse
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June, July, August, September

What is Mexican giant barrel cactus

Department of tamasaboten genus of evergreen shrubs giant Cactus,
Mexican giant barrel cactus, scientific name:Echinocacutus ingens , is native to Mexico. In the round, barrel-shaped Cactus is the biggest. Stem color is blue-green, spherical body there are many. Hits the stinging seat has sharp spines on each Tomb. Yellow flowers bloom in spring and autumn in the head. Life is more than 100 years. Over to the Cactus leaves.

Leaves have evolved into spines. Common name: Iwao (Iwao), scientific name:Echinocacutus ingens, category: Plantae Angiosperm true dicots eyes Cactus, Department of tamasaboten genus (genus Echinocactus) Iwao species, also known as: Echinocactus Ingens, place of origin: Mexico, Habitat: desert, living type: Cactus (perennial herb), leaf arrangement: alternate, inflorescence shape: single apical inflorescence, flower: yellow, flowering: Spring-Autumn


  • Order
    Caryophyllales
  • Family
    Cactaceae
  • Genus
    Echinocactus
  • Species
    E. ingens
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Multi-petaled
  • Leaf type
    needle shape
  • Edge of the leaf
    Spiny
  • Life typeCactus
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height150.0 ~ 250.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 7.0 cm

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