A barrel-shaped cactus native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, also called the fishhook cactus because of its curved spines.
From Spanish biznaga, derived from Nahuatl (Aztec language) origins. The word describes several species in the Ferocactus genus, with the spelling reflecting both Spanish and Indigenous linguistic traditions.
Biznaga cacti can live over 200 years and barely grow—some specimens alive today were already ancient when Europeans arrived in the Americas!
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