View photos of the edible cactus Echinocereus fasciculatus (Hedgehog cactus), profiled in Sonoran Desert Food Plants (as Echinocereus engelmannii).

A passage from Sonoran Desert Food Plants:

The fruit is the most reliably edible part: the inner pulp is pleasantly sour–sweet and very palatable. Simply slice the fruit in half, scoop out the pulp and small crunchy seeds, and consume raw.

View photos of the the edible cactus Echinocereus engelmannii (Hedgehog cactus), profiled in Sonoran Desert Food Plants.

A passage from Sonoran Desert Food Plants:

The fruit is the most reliably edible part: the inner pulp is pleasantly sour–sweet and very palatable. Simply slice the fruit in half, scoop out the pulp and small crunchy seeds, and consume raw.