slgwv's photos with the keyword: barrel cactus

Presumably the California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus . Off the Saline Valley road on the way into the valley from the north.

Barrel cacti improbably perched on dip slopes defined by bedding planes in Paleozoic limestone. The dark green shrub in the foreground is creosote bush. Arrow Canyon, southern Nevada.

Arrow Canyon, southern Nevada, USA. It is _not_ true that there is reservoir of liquid water inside these! There _is_, however, a bitter pulp that you could maybe chew if you were very thirsty indeed--