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Cochemiea setispina is a species of cactus in the genus Cochemiea commonly known as the mountain cochemiea. It is endemic to the mountains of the central part of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico.
Cochemiea setispina is endemic to the mountainous central region of the Baja California Peninsula, split between its two states. It occurs in the Sierra de San Borja, the Sierra La Asamblea, and Isla Ángel de la Guarda in southern Baja California, and in the Sierra de San Francisco and Sierra de Guadalupe of northern Baja California Sur. It is found growing on the slope of granite mountains along with Echinocereus ferreirianus, Echinocereus brandegeei, Mammillaria dioica and Ferocactus peninsulae.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cochemiea setispina 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.
