The pink or white flowers are followed by edible, pink fruit. The distinctive tufts of hairs are the source of the name Lophophora which means ?crest-bearing? (?peyote? being a Nahuatl word meaning ?glistening?). Peyote has a long history of human use. https://mycotrop.com/fr/module/iqitsearch/searchiqit?s=lopho