Echinocereus Viridiflorus * Hedgehog * Rare Flowering Cactus * Hardy * 10 Seeds

Echinocereus viridiflorus is a species of cactus known by the common names nylon hedgehog cactus. It is native to the central and south-central United States and northern Mexico. This cactus has a small spherical or cylindrical stem 3 centimeters to over 30 centimeters tall and up to 9 centimeters wide. The body of the plant is ridged and lined with many areoles bearingspines. The spines may be red, yellow, white, purplish, or bicolored, sometimes with darker tips. The flower is up to 3 centimeters long and has tepals in shades of yellowish, brownish, greenish, or occasionally red, with darker reddish midstripes. This rare variety is endemic to Brewster County, Texas, where it grows in beds of Selaginella in rocky soils of novaculite origin.