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Graham's Nipple Cactus

Cochemiea grahamii

Graham's Nipple Cactus
Photo: Mike and Zahra, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
SE. California to W. Texas and Mexico (Baja California Norte to Chihuahua)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cochemiea grahamii is a species of cactus also known by the names Arizona fishhook cactus and Graham's nipple cactus.

Where it grows

Cochemiea grahamii is found in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and in Sonora, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua in Mexico at elevations of 200 to 1800 meters growing in dry habitat of gravel or grassland, desert mountains, sandy or rocky canyons, washes and plains on igneous or limestone substrate. Plants are found growing among Larrea tridentata or in grasslands.

Other Cochemiea plants

Cochemiea albicans · Cochemiea angelensis · Los Cabos nipple cactus · Green Flowered Pincushion Cactus · Cochemiea blossfeldiana · Cochemiea boolii · Cochemiea bullardiana · Cochemiea capensis · Cochemiea cerralboa · Coastal Fish Hook Cactus · Cochemiea estebanensis · Fraile nipple cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cochemiea grahamii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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