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C. forbesii is a columnar, branching, colony-forming cactus which can grow up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) in height, with a mature circumference of around 15 cm (5.9 in); however, due to weather, natural breakage, self-propagation and other growth-limiting factors, it is more frequently observed at a height of about 2 m (6 ft 7 in).
As this is a subcategory of Category:Flora of Southern America, "South America" means "Southern America" as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. See the maps at Category:Flora of Southern America. In particular, it includes Central America and the Caribbean.
Sand dollar cactus, sea urchin cactus, star peyote: small parts of Texas in the United States and Mexico. Astrophytum capricorne (A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose: Goat's horn cactus: Coahuila regions of Northern Mexico. Astrophytum caput-medusae D.R.Hunt: Nuevo León, Mexico Astrophytum coahuilense (H.Moeller) Kanfer: Coahuila and Durango, Mexico
This cactus, flattened to spherical bodies 1.5 to 10 cm high and up to 10 (rarely up to 15) cm in diameter, consists of many small tubercles growing from a large succulent tap root. They are usually solitary, almost always remain unbranched, rarely giving rise to side shoots from old areoles. The plant is greyish-green in color, but the flat ...
Mammillaria spinosissima (/ ˌ m æ m ɪ ˈ l ɛər i ə ˌ s p ɪ n oʊ ˈ s ɪ s ɪ m ə /), also known as the spiny pincushion cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, endemic to the central Mexican states of Guerrero and Morelos, where they grow at elevations of approximately 1,600 to 1,900 metres (5,200 to 6,200 ft).
Cereus are shrubby or treelike, often attaining great heights (C. hexagonus, C. lamprospermus, C. trigonodendron up to 15 metres or 49 feet). Most stems are angled or distinctly ribbed, ribs 3–14 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, usually well developed and have large areoles, usually bearing spines.
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