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Flower Color |
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Image |
White/Pink |
Easter Lily cactus |
Echinopsis eyriesii |
|
Yellow |
Aloe (common Aloe) |
Aloe vera |
|
Rose Pink |
Jumping Cholla |
Cylindropuntia fulgida |
|
Purple |
Red hesperaloe |
Hesperaloe parviflora |
|
Purple |
Red Yucca |
Hesperaloe parviflora |
|
Red |
|
Aloe saponaria |
|
Greenish White |
Teddy Bear Cholla |
Cylindropuntia bigelovii |
|
Rose Pink |
Chain Fruit Cholla |
Cylindropuntia fulgida |
|
Yellow to Red |
Staghorn Cholla |
Cylindropuntia versicolor |
|
Red |
Englemann’s Hedgehog |
Echinocereus engelmannii |
|
Red |
Bundle Hedgehog |
Echinocereus fasciculatus |
|
Red |
Candy Barrel |
Ferocactus wislizenii |
|
Red |
Ocotillo |
Fouquieria splendens |
|
Red |
Arizona Fishhook Cactus |
Mammillaria grahamii |
|
Red |
Purple Prickly Pear |
Opuntia santa-rita |
|
Red |
Mexican Fence Post Cactus |
Pachycereus marginatus |
|
Red/Orange |
Arizona Barrel |
Ferocactus wislizenii |
|
White |
Queen Victoria’s Agave |
Agave victoriae-reginae |
|
White |
Saguaro |
Carnegiea gigantea |
|
White |
Hedge cactus |
Cereus hildmannianus - (C. peruvianus) |
|
White |
Queen of the Night |
Cereus hildmannianus - (C. peruvianus) |
|
White |
Desert Spoon |
Dasylirion wheeleri |
|
White |
Sotol |
Dasylirion wheeleri |
|
White |
Coahuilan Hesperaloe |
Hesperaloe funifera |
|
White |
Giant Hesperaloe |
Hesperaloe funifera |
|
White |
Bear Grass |
Nolina microcarpa |
|
Pink |
Senita |
Pachycereus schottii |
|
White |
Queen of the night |
Peniocereus greggii |
|
Pink |
Organ Pipe Cactus |
Stenocereus thurberi |
|
White |
Joshua Tree |
Yucca brevifolia |
|
White |
Soaptree Yucca |
Yucca elata |
|
White |
|
Yucca gloriosa |
|
Yellow |
Century Plant |
Agave americana |
|
Yellow |
Maguey |
Agave americana |
|
Yellow |
Palmer Agave |
Agave palmeri |
|
Yellow |
Huachuca Agave |
Agave parryi var. huachvcensis |
|
Yellow |
Octopus Agave |
Agave vilmoriniana |
|
Yellow, second day pink toned |
Bishop’s Cap |
Astrophytum myriostigma |
|
Yellow |
Golden Barrel |
Echinocactus grusonii |
|
Yellow |
Engelmann’s Prickly Pear |
Opuntia engelmannii |
|
Yellow |
Cow’s Tongue Cactus |
Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis |
|
Yellow |
Bunny Ears |
Opuntia microdasys |
|
Yellow to Red |
Indian Fig Prickly Pear |
Opuntia ficus-indica |
|
Yellow to Red |
Mission Cactus |
Opuntia ficus-indica |