| Scientific Name: | Echinocactus grusonii |
| Common Name: | golden barrel cactus |
| Family Name: | Cactaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Needle-like, Whorled, Prickly, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Green, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stem barrel shaped; leaves reduced to sharp spines 1-1.5cm long. | |