{{:wiki:peyote250px.jpg?nolink |}}**Peyote**, //híkuri, peyotl, mescalito,// (//Lophophora williamsii//), is a small, slow-growing, spineless, **//psychedelic//** cactus. The effects primarily come from the phenethylamine alkaloid //mescaline//, as well as //pellotine//, and last around 12 hours. It is native to Mexico, and southwestern Texas, and sacred to the **Huichol** (or **Wixáritari**) indigenous people of Mexico, as well as the **Native American Church**.