This close-up photograph showing rows of sharply-pointed spines shaped like fishhooks give name to the fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizenii) that grows in southcentral Arizona, USA, and northern Sonora, Mexico. This species of barrel cactus has several other names, including candy barrel, compass barrel, Arizona barrel and Southwestern barrel cactus. The desert plant is easily identified by its long hooked spines and thick barrel-shaped body that ranges in diameter from 18 to 30 inches (46 to 76 centimeters).
This close-up photograph showing rows of sharply-pointed spines shaped like fishhooks give name to the fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizenii) that grows in southcentral Arizona, USA, and northern Sonora, Mexico. This species of barrel cactus has several other names, including candy barrel, compass barrel, Arizona barrel and Southwestern barrel cactus. The desert plant is easily identified by its long hooked spines and thick barrel-shaped body that ranges in diameter from 18 to 30 inches (46 to 76 centimeters).
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Location: Sonoran Desert, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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