genus
Pincushion Cactuses
Escobaria
Field notes
Children
- Spinystar native
- Missouri Foxtail Cactus native
- Whitecolumn Foxtail Cactus present
- Desert Spinystar native
- Cushion Foxtail Cactus native
- Carpet Foxtail Cactus native
- Junior Tom Thumb Cactus present
- Cob Corycactus
- Big Bend Foxtail Cactus present
- Organ Mountains Foxtail Cactus present
- Column Foxtail Cactus present
- Duncan's Foxtail Cactus
- Sacramento Mountain Foxtail Cactus
- Hester's Corycactus native
- Cochise Foxtail Cactus
- Nellie Corycactus
- Mexican Snowball Cactus
- San Andres Mountain Foxtail Cactus native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native pincushion cactuses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Spinystar
Escobaria vivipara
flowers
8
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Missouri Foxtail Cactus
Escobaria missouriensis
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Desert Spinystar
Escobaria chlorantha
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Cushion Foxtail Cactus
Escobaria alversonii
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Carpet Foxtail Cactus
Escobaria sneedii
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Hester's Corycactus
Escobaria hesteri
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San Andres Mountain Foxtail Cactus
Escobaria sandbergii