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Cochemiea guelzowiana

Cochemiea guelzowiana
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Native range
Mexico (Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cochemiea guelzowiana is a species of plant belonging to the family Cactaceae.

Where it grows

This species is endemic to Mexico where it grows west of Nazas and north of Navidad Mine in Indé Municipality, Durango; Coahuila; and Nuevo León. Its natural habitat are hot deserts and grassy mountain tops on rocky outcrops at elevations of 1,300–1,700 metres (4,300–5,600 ft) above sea level. Plants are found growing along Thelocactus bicolor subsp. heterochromus, Coryphantha longicornis, Stenocactus multicostatus, Echinocereus polyacanthus, Echinocereus pectinatus, Fouquieria splendens, and Cylindropuntia imbricata.

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 guelzowiana 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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