Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Lem.

Coryphantha macromeris (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Lem.

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Coryphantha macromeris (or the nipple beehive cactus) is a species of cactus in the United States and Mexico. In the Chihuhuan Desert, it has common and has a wide range. In the United States, it occurs naturally in Texas and New Mexico^] It prefers to grown in the shade under other larger plants, growing in irregular clusters or mounds. In late summer, it blooms with purple or pink flowers and then bears green fruit.

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Description: Plants profusely branched with long projecting spines, ultimately forming low mats or hemispheric mounds to 100 cm diameter. Coryphantha macromeris comprises two subspecies - the typical form and subsp. runyonii (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor.
Stem: Noticeably tuberculate, hemispheric to short cylindrical, sometimes obscured by profusion of immature branches, 4-12 cm; tubercles unusually large 15-25 mm and grooved only on the upper half, flaccid or flabby; areolar glands seasonally conspicuous.
Root: It has deep succulent taproot often massive and large.
Spines: Weakly appressed or projecting, slightly curved, often flexible. Radial 9-15 per areole, white, grey, tan, or brown, 15-25 mm long; subcentral spines 2-3 in adaxial part of areole; central spines 3-8 per areole, pale grey to black, abaxial central spine porrect or descending.
Flowers: Apical or nearly so at mid-level of tubercle, outer tepals heavily fringed; flower bright rose-pink or magenta, often with darker midstripes and paler margins
Fruits: Dark green, ovoid to obpyriform or ellipsoid.
Remarks: The flowers of Coryphantha macromeris are virtually identical to those of Mammillaria wrightii and Escobaria vivipara; in the absence of vegetative material, flowers may be unidentifiable.

ENGLISH: Long Mamma Foxtail-Cactus, Big Needle Cactus, Big Nipple Cory-Cactus, Long Mamma, Nipple Beehive Cactus, Dona Ana

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