Rare specie with small blood-red colored spines, without hair.
Origin: Mexico (Puebla, Veracruz).
Frost tolerance: none.
Sun: Full sun.
Growth habits: Usually solitary, up to 4 feet tall (1.2 m), 1 foot in diameter (30 cm), 13 to 27 ribs, 4 central spines.
Blooming habits: Funnelform purplish flowers, up to 3 inches in diameter (7 cm), followed by deep purple fruits, 1.4 inches long (3.5 cm).
Former name Ferocactus Jalapensis (after the city Jalapa) in the years 1960. Not to be mixed up with the Hamatocactus hamatocanthus from Texas and Northern Mexico.

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