Screaming Night Hog
Screaming Night Hog
"Well .. I'm nobody's slave, I'm nobody's master,
Time is mine, morning, night and afternoon.
And you hitch-hiking woman, when you see me coming,
Jump on my back and let your hair come tumbling down ..."
Nope, it's ain't the Screaming Night Hog.
Growing at elevations to 5,000 feet in California, Nevada and Arizona, the hedgehog is found living in sandy flats, rocky flats and hillsides. The stems, in clusters of five to fifteen, only grow to about a foot tall and three inches in diameter. For such a small cactus, it carries large spines.
Bigger than a pincushion cactus, but smaller than a barrel cactus, a hedgehog cactus is sometimes missed until its beautiful flowers shout, "Here I am!" First of the cacti to bloom each year, hedgehogs lead the way into spring.
But, they never pass up any hitch-hiking women!
April 8, 2010
lcarreau
on Apr 17, 2010 12:34 am
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