peyote

E473348

cactus entheogen psychoactive plant

Peyote is a small, spineless cactus native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, known for its psychoactive mescaline content and traditional use in Indigenous spiritual and religious ceremonies.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lophophora williamsii	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cactus ⓘ entheogen ⓘ psychoactive plant ⓘ
activeDoseForm	whole plant material ⓘ
administrationRoute	oral ingestion ⓘ
commonName	Lophophora williamsii NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationStatus	vulnerable in parts of its range ⓘ
consumedAs	dried cactus buttons ⓘ fresh cactus buttons ⓘ
contains	mescaline ⓘ psychoactive alkaloids ⓘ
culturalRole	medicine ⓘ sacrament ⓘ
effectType	hallucinogenic ⓘ psychedelic ⓘ
family	Cactaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
genus	Lophophora NERFINISHED ⓘ
growthForm	small globular cactus ⓘ
growthRate	slow-growing ⓘ
habitat	arid and semi-arid regions ⓘ limestone soils ⓘ
hasAreoles	true ⓘ
hasSpines	false ⓘ
isSpineless	true ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
legalExceptionUnitedStates	religious use by members of the Native American Church ⓘ
legalStatus	controlled substance in many countries ⓘ
legalStatusUnitedStates	Schedule I controlled substance (mescaline-containing cactus) ⓘ
nativeTo	Chihuahuan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamaulipan thornscrub NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Caryophyllales NERFINISHED ⓘ
photosynthesisType	CAM photosynthesis ⓘ
primaryPsychoactiveComponent	mescaline ⓘ
reproduction	seeds ⓘ vegetative offsets ⓘ
taxonRank	species ⓘ
threat	habitat loss ⓘ overharvesting ⓘ
usedBy	Huichol people NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American Church members ⓘ Navajo Nation members ⓘ Tarahumara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	divination ⓘ healing rituals ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ spiritual ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galen Black → religiousUseSubstance → peyote ⓘ

Wixárika → sacredPlant → peyote ⓘ

Wixárika religion → sacredPlant → peyote ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lophophora williamsii