Summary: Ferocactus schwarzii is a succulent plant in the Cactaceae family.

Botanical name: Ferocactus schwarzii G.E. Lindsay

Family: Cactaceae

Origin: Mexico (State of Sinaloa)

Common name: cactus, barrel cactus

Hardiness: -4°C when completely dry in winter.

Ferocactus schwarzii is a barrel cactus (family Cactaceae) from the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It eventually reaches a height of 80 cm and a diameter of 50 cm, but flowers from a diameter of 12 cm. The plant has 4-5 prickles (or spines) when young, but only one or two when older, yellow in color. When old, it looks like an Echinocactus, but the flowers and fruit classify it as a Ferocactus. We have 3 plants planted in the greenhouse in 2013.