Index / Search / Glandulicactus uncinatus
§1 Plant
Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Backeb.
vernacular Chihuahuan fishhook cactus — species · Cactaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Glandulicactus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 18 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 18 counties across 2 states/territories.
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GLUN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6383166 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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