Ariocarpus retusus (Star Rock) is an unusual, slow-growing cactus with a solitary, flattened globose stem covered with long pyramidal …
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The family Cactaceae (cactus, cacti) is divided into four subfamilies (Pereskioideae, Opuntioideae, Cactoideae and Maihuenioideae), around 125 – 130 genera and 1,400 – 1,500 species of flowering plants with succulent (water-storing) stems.
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Pereskia aculeata (Barbados Gooseberry) is an unusual shrubby cactus with long whip-like branches that bear glossy dark green leaves and …
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus is a small cactus with green, spherical, more or less depressed stems with a wooly apex and pyramidal to …
Austrocylindropuntia subulata 'Monstrosa' (Christmas Tree Cactus) is a densely branched cactus with a main stem and many upright green …
Escobaria minima (Nellie Cory Cactus), formerly known as Coryphantha minima, is a small cactus with spheric to cylindric stems with …
Escobaria sneedii (Sneed's Pincushion Cactus) is a small cactus that forms large clumps of green, usually stiff and erect stems obscured …
Escobaria vivipara (Spinystar) is a small cactus with spherical to short cylindrical stems with slightly grooved tubercules, each tipped …
Ferocactus emoryi (Emory's Barrel Cactus) is a cactus with a solitary, erect green stem with 15 to 30 ribs shallowly notched immediately …
Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear) is a low-growing cactus with stems that consists of flattened dark or shiny green segments with …
Ferocactus wislizeni (Arizona Barrel Cactus) is a cactus with a green, depressed-spheric to ovoid-cylindric, usually solitary stem with 15 …