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'''''Echinocactus polycephalus''''' is a [[cactus]] that occurs in the [[Mojave Desert]] and northern [[Sonoran Desert]]. The stems are sometimes solitary, but more often in clusters of as many as 30, each up to 0.6 m tall. The spines are yellow to red. The fruits are densely woolly, giving the common name "cotton top cactus".<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2702,2707,0,2708 UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for ECHINOCACTUS polycephalus var. polycephalus]</ref> |
'''''Echinocactus polycephalus''''' is a [[cactus]] that occurs in the [[Mojave Desert]] and northern [[Sonoran Desert]]. The stems are sometimes solitary, but more often in clusters of as many as 30, each up to 0.6 m tall. The spines are yellow to red. The fruits are densely woolly, giving the common name "cotton top cactus".<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2702,2707,0,2708 UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for ECHINOCACTUS polycephalus var. polycephalus]</ref> |
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Also referred to as "Nigger-head cactus."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggers</ref> |
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Echinocactus polycephalus is a cactus that occurs in the Mojave Desert and northern Sonoran Desert. The stems are sometimes solitary, but more often in clusters of as many as 30, each up to 0.6 m tall. The spines are yellow to red. The fruits are densely woolly, giving the common name "cotton top cactus".[1]
Also referred to as "Nigger-head cactus."[2]
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