Plants Profile for Echinocereus coccineus arizonicus (Arizona hedgehog cactus)

General Information
Symbol:	ECCOA
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Cactaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ECPON	Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm. var. neomexicanus auct. non (Standl.) L.D. Benson
ECTRA	Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) L.D. Benson
ECTRN	Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. neomexicanus auct. non (Standl.) W.T. Marshall

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Echinocereus Engelm. – hedgehog cactus
Species	Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. – scarlet hedgehog cactus
Variety	Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) D.J. Ferguson – Arizona hedgehog cactus

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
United States: Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus Arizona hedgehog cactus Endangered
Arizona Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus Arizona hedgehog cactus Highly Safeguarded Mexican claret-cup hedgehog Salvage restricted

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status