tribe
Globular Cacti
Cacteae
Field notes
Children 24 of 31
- Pineapple Cactuses 7 native
- Pincushion Cactuses 5 native
- Hedgehog Cactuses 5 native
- Cochemiea 3 native
- Homalocephala 2 native
- Hamatocactus 2 native
- Barrel Cactuses 2 native
- Lophophora 1 native
- Astrophytum 1 native
- Pincushion Cactuses 1 native
- Fishhook Cactuses 1 native
- Clustered Barrel Cactuses 1 native
- Button Cactuses
- Fishhook Cactuses
- Pincushion Cactus
- Acharagma
- Leuchtenbergia
- Kroenleinia
- Thelocactus
- Coryphantha
- Glandulicactus
- Neolloydia
- Ariocarpus
- Aztekium
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native globular cacti All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Horse Crippler Cactus
Homalocephala texensis
caterpillars
1
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Mojave Fishhook Cactus
Sclerocactus polyancistrus
caterpillars
1
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California Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
bees
7
food
2
flowers
10
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San Diego Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus viridescens
bees
5
flowers
5
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Devilshead
Echinocactus horizonthalonius
bees
1
flowers
1
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Silver Cluster Cactus
Mammillaria prolifera
food
1
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Columbia Plateau Cactus
Pediocactus nigrispinus
flowers
17
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Whipple's Fishhook Cactus
Sclerocactus whipplei
flowers
10
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Spinystar
Escobaria vivipara
flowers
8
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Peninsular Fishhook Cactus
Cochemiea dioica
flowers
3
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Sand-dollar Cactus
Astrophytum asterias
flowers
2
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Pariette Cactus
Sclerocactus brevispinus
flowers
2
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Graham's Nipple Cactus
Cochemiea grahamii
flowers
1
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Mountain Ball Cactus
Pediocactus simpsonii
flowers
1
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Miniature Barrel Cactus
Hamatocactus setispinus
flowers
1