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Cochemiea viridiflora

Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Arizona to SW. New Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cochemiea viridiflora, commonly known as the greenflower nipple cactus or the fishhook pincushion, is a species of Cochemiea found in Southern United States.

Where it grows

Plants are found growing in central Arizona near Prescott and I-10 from near Santa Rita in New Mexico in stone crevices and around boulders in grasslands, interior chaparral, pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands at elevations from 800 to 2,000 m (2,600 to 6,600 ft).

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 viridiflora 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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