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Escobaria Roseana
''Pelecyphora'', pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cactus, cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States. Common species include the Missouri foxtail cactus ''Pelecyphora missouriensis, P. missouriensis'', widespread in grassland and forest west of the Mississippi, and the spinystar ''Pelecyphora vivipara, P. vivipara'', PLANTS database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture distributed across the US and into Canada, first described by Thomas Nuttall, Nuttall in 1813. Description ''Pelecyphores'' are spherical to club-shaped stem succulents up to in diameter and gray-green in color. They branch only sparsely and only at an older age. The areoles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecyphora Strobiliformis
''Pelecyphora strobiliformis'' is a species of cactus from Mexico., p. 561 Its numbers in the wild have been reduced by collecting; it is listed in Appendix I of CITES (meaning that international trade is severely controlled) but only as of "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Description ''Pelecyphora strobiliformis'' grows with spherical or depressed spherical bodies that are 4 to 6 centimeters in diameter. The warts that lie on the surface overlap each other. They are slightly keeled and the outline is triangular. The warts are 8 to 12 millimeters long and 7 to 12 millimeters wide at their base. The 7 to 12 flexible, whitish, non-persistent spines are arranged somewhat comb-shaped at the tip of the wart and are 5 millimeters long. The magenta-colored flowers reach a diameter of 1.5 to 3 centimeters. The small fruits are hidden in the hair on the crown. When ripe, they dry out and eventually break down over time. File:Pelecyphora strobili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escobaria Varicolor
''Pelecyphora'', pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States. Common species include the Missouri foxtail cactus '' P. missouriensis'', widespread in grassland and forest west of the Mississippi, and the spinystar '' P. vivipara'', PLANTS database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture distributed across the US and into Canada, first described by Nuttall in 1813. Description ''Pelecyphores'' are spherical to club-shaped stem succulents up to in diameter and gray-green in color. They branch only sparsely and only at an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecyphora Emskoetteriana
''Pelecyphora emskoetteriana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the Mexico and southern United States. Description ''Pelecyphora emskoetteriana'' usually grows sprouting and forms groups up to 10 centimeters high. The spherical to short cylindrical shoots reach heights of 5 to 12 centimeters and diameters of 2 to 2.5 centimeters. Their 6 to 10 millimeter long warts at the base of the shoots are often not persistent. The five to eight straight, yellow central spines have a darker tip and often resemble the marginal spines. They are up to 1.2 centimeters long. The 20 to 30 white, straight and irregularly spread marginal spines are up to 1 centimeter long. The flowers are dirty white to lavender to light purple. They are 2 to 2.5 centimeters long and reach the same diameter. The red, spherical to ellipsoidal fruits have a diameter of 6 to 9 millimeters. Distribution ''Pelecyphora emskoetteriana'' is distributed in the western United States in the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escobaria Emskoeterriana (5664136008)
''Pelecyphora'', pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States. Common species include the Missouri foxtail cactus '' P. missouriensis'', widespread in grassland and forest west of the Mississippi, and the spinystar '' P. vivipara'', PLANTS database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture distributed across the US and into Canada, first described by Nuttall in 1813. Description ''Pelecyphores'' are spherical to club-shaped stem succulents up to in diameter and gray-green in color. They branch only sparsely and only at an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecyphora Abdita
''Pelecyphora abdita'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ..., native to the Mexico. Description ''Pelecyphora abdita'' grows up to 25 millimeters and 20 millimeters in diameter and forms clumps with a slightly branched beet shaped tap root. There are 11 to 15 spines that are white, 3.5–5 millimeters long. The flower is 35-45 mm long, whitish-pinkish with pink stripes on tepals, 30–35 mm in diameter. The red fruits are obovoid 5–7 mm long and grey green to brown green. Subspecies Accepted subspecies: *''Pelecyphora abdita'' subsp. ''abdita'' *''Pelecyphora abdita'' subsp. ''tenuispina'' Distribution The plant is found south of El Oro in Coahuila, Mexico at elevations of 1100 meters. Taxonomy The species wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016
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Pelecyphora Hesteri
''Pelecyphora hesteri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ..., native to Texas, United States. Description ''Pelecyphora hesteri'' grows with many shoots, is often richly branched and forms cushions. The egg-shaped to spherical shoots reach heights of 2.5 to 5 centimeters and diameters of 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters. Their wide and conspicuous warts are 7 to 12 millimeters long. The one to four white central spines are similar to the marginal spines and are up to 1.5 centimeters long. The twelve to 22 white marginal spines are 0.7 to 1.5 centimeters long. The light pink to light purple flowers are 1.5 centimeters in diameter and up to 2.3 centimeters long. The green to yellowish, almost spherical fruits are 6 to 7 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escobaria Hesteri 1601
''Pelecyphora'', pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States. Common species include the Missouri foxtail cactus '' P. missouriensis'', widespread in grassland and forest west of the Mississippi, and the spinystar '' P. vivipara'', PLANTS database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture distributed across the US and into Canada, first described by Nuttall in 1813. Description ''Pelecyphores'' are spherical to club-shaped stem succulents up to in diameter and gray-green in color. They branch only sparsely and only at an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecyphora Alversonii
''Pelecyphora alversonii'' commonly known as cushion foxtail cactus or cushion fox-tail cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the southwestern United States. Description ''Pelecyphora alversonii'' usually grows sprouting and forms underground, cylindrical offshoots with a diameter of 6–9 cm. The more or less spherical shoots reach heights of up to 7-25 centimeters. The plants have 18-33 radial spines per areoles. The eight to ten central spines have a white to dark red or black tip and are 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters long. The twelve to 18 white marginal spines are 1.2 to 2 centimeters long. The flowers are magenta to pink and reach a diameter of around 3.2 centimeters. The ellipsoid fruits are green. Chromosome count is 2n = 22. File:Escobaria alversonii - Lone Cactus.jpg, '' P. alversonii'' in Joshua Tree National Park, California Distribution ''Pelecyphora alversonii'' is widespread in the United States in southeastern California in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecyphora Sneedii
''Pelecyphora sneedii'' (Synonym (taxonomy), syn. ''Coryphantha sneedii'') is a rare species of cactus known by the common names Sneed's pincushion cactus and carpet foxtail cactus. It is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is a small, variable cactus with a lengthy taxonomic history, and is often subdivided into a number of subspecies or varieties. It is usually found on steep, rocky habitats, primarily of limestone geology, in desert scrub or coniferous forest. A species of conservation concern, ''P. sneedii'' faces threats from poaching, Urban sprawl, urban encroachment, and Wildfire, wildfires. The former cacti species ''Coryphantha orcuttii'' has been lumped into ''sneedii'' as a subspecies. ''P. sneedii'' also Intergradation, intergrades with ''Pelecyphora vivipara'', further complicating classification. Because of the variation and intergradation of ''P. sneedii'', it forms a species complex. Description Morph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escobaria Sneedii Flower
''Pelecyphora'', pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States. Common species include the Missouri foxtail cactus '' P. missouriensis'', widespread in grassland and forest west of the Mississippi, and the spinystar '' P. vivipara'', PLANTS database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture distributed across the US and into Canada, first described by Nuttall in 1813. Description ''Pelecyphores'' are spherical to club-shaped stem succulents up to in diameter and gray-green in color. They branch only sparsely and only at an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
