Escobaria is a genus of low-growing cacti that range from southwestern United States to northern Mexico. The genus is named after the Mexican naturalist Romulo Numa Escobar.
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Escobaria abdita is an attractive small geophytic cactus with a swollen root and stems with short, ivory to chalk-white spines. The stems…
Escobaria minima (Nellie Cory Cactus) is a small cactus with rounded stems that grow up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) tall and up to 0.7 inches (1.8…
Escobaria sneedii (Sneed's Pincushion Cactus) is a small cactus that grows up to 11 inches (27 cm) tall. It may branch profusely, even…
Escobaria vivipara (Spinystar) is a small cactus with ball-shaped or cylindrical stems densely covered in a mat of star-shaped arrays of…
Escobaria missouriensis (Missouri Foxtail Cactus) is a cactus with solitary or clumping stems with tubercles. It grows up to 12 inches (30…