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Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 4a
Fruit: Indehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Bi-Color: Pink with White Throat.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: No stratification needed.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Spinystar
  • Estrella de la Tarde
  • Beehive Cactus
  • Purple Pincushion
  • Common Ball Cactus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pelecyphora vivipara
  • Synonym: Escobaria deserti
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. arizonica
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. buoflama
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. bisbeeana
  • Synonym: Coryphantha vivipara
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. rosea
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. radiosa
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. neomexicana
  • Synonym: Escobaria vivipara var. kaibabensis
  • Synonym: Escobaria neomexicana

Photo Gallery
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-06-03
Rescued from lawnmower's path and blooming.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-10-13
Escobaria vivipara var. arizonica
Location: Arenas Valley New Mexico
Date: 2012-07-14
My favorite wild cactus!
Location: Arenas Valley, NM
Date: April 2014
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-01-18
Escobaria vivipara var. neomexicana
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-22
Escobaria vivipara var. neomexicana
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-05-29
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-05-29
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-06-16
Location: Otis, CO
Date: June
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2017-06-22
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-22
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-05-26
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-05-26
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-05-27
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2014-10-25
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2013-09-16
A native plant rescued from the lawnmower's path.
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-06-19
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Comments:
  • Posted by Johannian (The Black Hills, SD - Zone 4b) on Jan 11, 2022 9:17 PM concerning plant:
    The former genus name (Coryphantha) comes from the Greek koryphe (which means "cluster"), and anthos (which means "flower"). Habitat: rocky desert slopes and rocky or sandy soil among piƱon, juniper, and ponderosa pine. Range: central Canada to Minnesota and southeastern Oregon; south to southeastern California, western Texas, and northern Mexico.

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