TRAVELER’S FRIEND; CANDY CACTUS; TRAVELER’S COMPASS (Echinocactus Covillei)
If one gingerly cuts off the top of the plant, crushing the fleshy part, cool refreshing water is revealed.
DESERT STRAWBERRIES; FENDLER’S HEDGEHOG CACTUS (Echinocereus Fendleri)
A large plant bears one or two quarts of delicious “cactus strawberry” fruit.
INDIAN STRAWBERRY CACTUS; ENGELMANN’S HEDGEHOG CACTUS (Echinocereus Engelmannii)
The Pima and Papago Indians are very fond of this luscious cactus strawberry when sliced and served cold with cream and sugar or cooked into the most delicious conserves and jam.
Spiny Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus polyacanthus)
Northern Mexico, Southern Arizona, and Texas