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Fishhook cactus. Fishhook cactus is a common name for any hook-spined species of the genera Mammillaria, Echinomastus, Sclerocactus, or Cochemiea. They are small cacti, usually growing up to 6-7 inches (20 cm) high, and are shaped similar to a barrel cactus. They are not to be confused with the fishhook barrel cactus ( Ferocactus wislizenii) of ...
Ebnerella dioica (K.Brandegee) Buxb. Cochemiea dioica, also called the strawberry cactus, California fishhook cactus, strawberry pincushion or fishhook cactus, is a cactus species of the genus Cochemiea. [3] Its common name in Spanish is biznaga llavina. [4] Temperature along with precipitation are consequential factors in distributing plant ...
Cochemiea tetrancistra. (Engelm.) P.B.Breslin & Majure. Mammillaria tetrancistra Engelm. Cochemiea tetrancistra is a species of fishhook cactus known by the common name common fishhook cactus. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, where it grows in a variety of desert habitat types.
Ferocactus wislizeni. (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose. Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually ...
Cochemiea thornberi is a species of cactus known by the common names Thornber's fishhook cactus and Thornber's nipple cactus. It is native to Arizona in the United States and Sonora in Mexico. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Toumeya Britton & Rose, nom. illeg. Sclerocactus ("hard cactus ", from Greek; refers to the hard, dry fruit) is a genus of cacti. It comprises about 15 species, the exact number depending on the authority. These species are xerophytic. They are sometimes called 'fishhook cactus' or 'little barrels.'.
Cochemiea grahamii grows either solitary or branching from the base, with thickened roots and hooked stems. Its spherical to short cylindrical light green shoots reach heights of 7 to 20 cm (2.8 to 7.9 in), sometimes more, and have diameters of 7.5 to 11 cm (3.0 to 4.3 in). The plant has cylindrical to egg-shaped, often square, warts that lack ...
Sclerocactus mesae-verdae, the Mesa Verde cactus or Mesa Verde fishhook cactus, [ 4] is a species of cactus native to northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado. It is known only from Montezuma County (Colorado) and San Juan County (New Mexico). Much of the New Mexico part of the range lies inside land controlled by the Navajo Nation.