Native U.S. Cacti and Other Succulents for Mid- and High Elevation Arizona Gardens*

Agavaceae

Agave chrysantha (golden-flowered agave) 0 F

Agave havardiana (Harvard agave) -10 F

Agave lechuguilla (lechuguilla) -10 F

Agave neomexicana (New Mexico agave) -20 F

Agave palmeri (Palmer agave) 0 F

Agave parryi (Parry agave) -20 F

Agave schottii (shin dagger) 5 F

Agave toumeyana (Toumey agave) 5 F

Agave utahensis (Utah agave) -20 F

Hesperaloe parviflora (red-flowered hesperaloe) -10 F

Hesperaloe funifera (giant hesperaloe) 0 F

Yucca baccata (banana yucca) -20 F

Yucca elata, incl. Y. angustissima (soaptree yucca) -10 (-20) F

Yucca faxoniana (giant dagger) 0 F

Yucca glauca (plains yucca) -30 F

Yucca harrimaneae (Harriman yucca) -20 F

Yucca rostrata (beaked yucca) 0 F

Yucca schottii (mountain yucca) -10 F

Yucca torreyi (Torrey yucca) 0 F

Cactaceae

Coryphantha macronermis (big-needle pincushion cactus) 0 F Coryphantha missouriensis (Missouri pincushion cactus) -30 F

Cylindropuntia imbricata (tree cholla) -20 F

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (desert Christmas cholla) -10 F

Cylindropuntia spinosior (cane cholla) -10 F

Cylindropuntia tunicata (icicle cholla) -10 F

Cylindropuntia whipplei (Whipple cholla) -20 F

Echinocactus texensis (horse crippler) -10 F

Echinocereus bonkerae (Bonker hedgehog cactus) 0 F

Echinocereus coccineus (claret cup hedgehog cactus) -20 F

Echinocereus dasyacanthus (Texas rainbow cactus) -10 F

Echinocereus engelmannii (Engelmann strawberry hedgehog cactus) -10 F

Echinocereus fendleri (Fendler hedgehog cactus) -20 F

Echinocereus ledingii (Leding hedgehog cactus) 0 F

Echinocereus reichenbachii (lace cactus) -10 (-20) F

Echinocereus rigidissimus (Arizona rainbow cactus) 0 F

*Compiled by Matt Johnson, Curator, Desert Legume Program, University of Arizona; with

Additions by Gene Twaronite

Echinocereus triglochidiatus (claret cup hedgehog cactus) -30 F

Echinomastus intertextus (woven-spine pineapple cactus) -10 F

Escobaria vivipara (beehive cactus) -10 (-30) F

Grusonia clavata (club cholla) -10 F

Mammillaria meiacantha (cream cactus) -10 F

Mammillaria viridiflora (green-flowered pincushion cactus) -10 F Mammillaria wrightii (Wright pincushion cactus) -10 F

Opuntia basilaris (beavertail cactus) -20 F

Opuntia camanchica (Camanche prickly pear) -20 F

Opuntia chlorotica (clock-face prickly pear) 0 F

Opuntia erinacea (grizzly bear cactus) -20 F

Opuntia fragilis (brittle prickly pear) -40 F

Opuntia humifusa (eastern prickly pear) -30 F

Opuntia macrorhiza (plains prickly pear) -20 F

Opuntia phaecantha (brown-spine prickly pear) -20 F

Opuntia polyacantha (plains prickly pear) -30 F

Opuntia pottsii (Potts’ prickly pear) -20 F

Opuntia pusilla (sand bur prickly pear) -10 F

Opuntia rutilans -30 F

Opuntia tortispina (twisted-spine plains prickly pear) -20 F

Pediocactus simpsonii (mountain cactus) -30 F

Sclerocactus whipplei (fishhook cactus) -20 F

Crassulaceae

Sedum ssp. -20 (-30) F

Nolinaceae

Dasylirion leiophyllum (green desert spoon) -10 F

Dasylirion texanum (Texas desert spoon) 0 F

Dasylirion wheeleri (desert spoon) -10 F

Nolina microcarpa (beargrass) -10 F Nolina texana (Texas beargrass) 0 F

Portulacaceae

Phemeranthus ssp. (= Talinum) -20 F

ADDITIONS

Agavaceae

Agave victoriae-reginae (Queen Victoria agave) 0 F

Yucca aloifolia (Spanish dagger) 5 F

Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree) 0 F

Yucca filamentosa (Adam’s needle) -20 F

Yucca pallida (pallid yucca) 0 F

Yucca recurvifolia (pendulous yucca) 0 F

Yucca rigida (blue yucca) 5 F

Yucca schidigera (Mohave yucca) 0 F

Cactaceae

Coryphantha echinus (sea urchin cactus) 0 F

Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (silver cholla) 0 F

Cylindropuntia kleiniae (Klein’s cholla) 0 F

Ferocactus hamatacanthus (Texas barrel cactus) 0 F

Ferocactus wislizenii (Arizona barrel cactus) 5 F

Opuntia santa-rita (Santa Rita prickly pear) 0 F

Sclerocactus spinosior (spinier devil’s claw cactus) -20 F