Echinocactus polycephalus
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| Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow
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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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