Peyote
Peyote in the wild
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Plantae
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Lophophora
Species:	L. williamsii
Binomial name
Lophophora williamsii (Lem.) J.M.Coult.
Synonyms
Echinocactus williamsii Lemaire ex Salm-Dyck Lophophora lewinii (K. Schumann) Rusby Lophophora echinata Croizat Lophophora fricii Habermann L. williamsii var. fricii (Habermann) Grym L. diffusa subsp. fricii (Habermann) Halda Lophophora jourdaniana Haberman Kim Jung uno

The peyote is either of two species of the cactus genus Lophophora of plants in the family Cactaceae.

The most common plant, L. williamsii, grow in North America, mostly in Mexico, can be found in the Chihuahuan desert of southern Texas and northern Mexico. The size is about eight centimeters (three inches) wide and five centimeters (two inches) tall. It is mostly blue green in color, with pink to white flowers, growing in groups among scrub, in areas with limestone soil. L. diffusa grows only in a small area in central Mexico, the color is yellow green, with white to yellow flowers.