Fishhook cactus, Description & Examples

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FISHHOOKS AND PINCUSHIONS

Cactus Species of the American Southwest (Complete Guide)

Most cactus spines are fairly straight, but the fishhook barrel cactus has spines curved into a fishhook shape (I don't mean barbs). Are there any good ideas why that shape evolved?

Fish-hook Cactus - Colorado National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Cactus Definition, Types & Flowers

Wright's Fishhook Cactus / Center For Plant Conservation

Fish-hook Cactus - Colorado National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Ferocactus / RHS Gardening

Vegetation Around Las Vegas, Common Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria tetrancistra)

Fishhook Cactus - Mammillaria saffordii 'Carretii