Peyote
Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex J.F.Cels) J.M.Coult.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 6 cm
- wide
- 10 cm
Cactaceae
Also called Dumpling Cactus
Formerly Anhalonium lewinii, Anhalonium williamsii, Ariocarpus williamsii, Echinocactus lewinii, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. & S. Texas to NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 5 cm to 8 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 2–3 in; Wikipedia 2–7 cm
- Spread
- 8 cm to 13 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 3–5 in; Wikipedia 4–12 cm
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, pinkRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- Bacánoc, Camaba, Curi
- Spanish
- Peyote
- Czech
- lofofora Williamsova
- Japanese
- ペヨーテ, ウバタマ（烏羽玉）
- Danish
- Elefantfodkaktus
- Chinese (China)
- 乌羽玉
- Finnish
- rusomeskaliinikaktus
- Slovak
- lofofora Williamsova
- Lithuanian
- Kvaitulinis pejotlis
- Polish
- echinokaktus Williamsa, pejotl
- Slovenian
- pejotl
- Chinese
- 乌羽玉
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Lophophora williamsii (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.