Mazhar Botanic Garden

Escoparia vivipare (Nutt.) Buxb.

Foxtail cactus Rose cactus

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001096
Common name: Foxtail cactus, Rose cactus
English name: Beehive cactus, Arizona Beehave cactus
Arabic name: اسكوباريا
Native: North America
Country: North America
(PGR): Rare

Small solitary cactus, covered in a mat of star-shaped arrays of spines tubercles grooved, stiff 11-55 per areole, either bright white, pale tan radial spines  10-40 per areole, central spines straight outer central spines 3-14 per areole flowers  rose-pink to reddish pink or magenta fruits green, exposed portions slowly turning dull brownish red, ovoid to obovoid, 12-28 × 7-20 mm, juicy 

Ornamental.

new name Pelecyphora vivipare (Nutt) D Aquino & Dan Sanchez

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Texture: Rocky  Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late summer
Zone: 5 : 7
pH range: 7.0
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Cactus
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Seed company
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Cactus
pH: Neutral

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