''Echinomastus johnsonii'' (
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Sclerocactus johnsonii'') is a species of
cactus
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known by the common names Johnson's beehive cactus and Johnson's fishhook cactus. It is native to the southwestern United States from eastern
California
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to
Utah
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, where it can be found in
desert scrub
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habitat. It produces an egg-shaped or cylindrical stem up to tall by wide. It is covered densely in straight and curving
spines which may be up to long and come in shades of yellow, gray, lavender, and pink or red, with up to 24 per
areole. The cactus may have yellow or pink flowers; the species is sometimes divided into two varieties on the basis of flower color.
Flora of North America
/ref> Flowers are up to wide. The scaly, fleshy fruit is up to long.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
Cactoideae
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