Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.14.12
Echinocactus grusonii
English: Golden barrel.
Name: from Greek echinos, meaning "spiny," and cactus.
Genus: close to Ferocactus, the 2 genera of barrel cactus.
Botany: spines many; flowers small; fruits copiously woolly.