Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Echinocereus coccineus Engelm.

Summary

Genus:

Echinocereus

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Cactoideae

Tribe:

Echinocereeae

Nomen number:

319980

Place of publication:

F. A. Wislizenus, Mem. tour N. Mexico 93. 1848

Verified:

04/13/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cereus coccineus (Engelm.) Engelm. var. melanacanthus Engelm.
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. inermis (K. Schum.) J. A. Purpus
Echinocereus phoeniceus (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rumpler var. inermis K. Schum.
Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. melanacanthus (Engelm.) L. D. Benson

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Anderson, E. F. The cactus family. 2001
Benson, L. The cacti of the United States and Canada. 1982
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Ferguson, D. J. 1989. Revision of the U.S. members of the Echinocereus triglochidiatus group. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 61:220.
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Hunt, D. et al., eds. The new cactus lexicon. 2006
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Kartesz, J. T. & R. Kartesz. A synonomized checklist of the flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1980
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Taylor, N. P. 1985. The genus Echinocereus. 1985 71.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. 1987

Common names

English
Arizona hedgehog –
California hedgehog –
claret-cup cactus –
cream-flower hedgehog –
golden-rainbow hedgehog –
Mexican claret-cup cactus –
scarlet hedgehog cactus –
white-spine claret-cup cactus –
Swedish
scharlakanskägelkaktus –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319980. Accessed 4 April 2026.