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Consolea millspaughii subsp. corallicola
Also called Semaphore Pricklypear
A rare, critically endangered cactus native only to the Florida Keys, forming colonies of trunk-like stems up to 2.4 m tall. It is grown mainly by specialist collectors and conservation programs, and it needs good drainage and full sun.
Consolea corallicola is a species of cactus known by the common names Florida semaphore cactus and semaphore pricklypear. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is limited to the Florida Keys.
It has been extirpated from several of the Keys, including Big Pine Key, the island where it was first discovered in 1919. Today there are two populations, one on Little Torch Key and one on Swan Key. There is also a patch of plants growing where several fragments were planted on North Key Largo. Because the plant is colonial, with what appear to be several plants actually being parts of one genetic individual, populations are very small, sometimes containing fewer than five true individuals. One population is composed of only male plants and cannot reproduce sexually. There are a total of under 20 distinct individuals living in the wild today. It is listed by the IUCN as "critically endangered."
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