Claret Cup Hedgehog cactus / Mojave mound / Echinocereus triglochidiatus, Utah, USA.

Echinocereus triglochidiatus (common name Claret Cup Hedgehog, Mojave mound cactus, or Kingcup cactus) is native to southwest USA and northern Mexico. Echinocerens is from the Greek echinos, meaning a hedgehog, and cereus meaning a wax taper. triglochidialus means "three barbed bristles" and refers to the straight spines arranged in clusters of three. Photographed on Slickrock Foot Trail, in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.

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Contained in galleries: Utah: Canyonlands National Park & Dead Horse Point State Park, 2015 Mar 3-Apr 8: all: Utah, Colorado hikes

Echinocereus triglochidiatus (common name Claret Cup Hedgehog, Mojave mound cactus, or Kingcup cactus) is native to southwest USA and northern Mexico. Echinocerens is from the Greek echinos, meaning a hedgehog, and cereus meaning a wax taper. triglochidialus means "three barbed bristles" and refers to the straight spines arranged in clusters of three. Photographed on Slickrock Foot Trail, in Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA.