Echinocereus brandegeei (Strawberry hedgehog)

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Echinocereus brandegeei (J.M.Coult.) Schelle

Strawberry hedgehog

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Caryophyllidae	Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts
Order	Caryophyllales	Includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants
Family	Cactaceae	Succulent (water-storing) plants, often spiny
Genus	Echinocereus	Ribbed, small to medium-sized cacti
Species	brandegeei

About plant names...

Strawberry cactus is native to the the low elevation hills of the Baja peninsula in Mexico.

This cactus occurs in clumps up to 6½′ (2 m) wide, generally low in height, but up to 3′ (1 m). Spines are up to 5″ (13 cm) in length, varying from black to white. Stems have 8-10 ribs. Lavender or pink flowers are brighter and dark red near the center, up to 3″ (7.6 cm) around, and funnel-shaped. Fruits are red, and round, about 1″ (3 cm) in diameter.

Online References:

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Center for Sonoran Desert Studies

Desert-tropicals.com

Northants.bcss.org.uk

CactiGuide.com

Nelocactus

SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network

References:

Anderson, Edward F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press, 2001, p. 232

Echinocereus mamillatus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Cereus brandegeei Coult.

Echinocereus brandegeei var. sanborgianus (J.M. Coult.) Lode