Escobaria alversonii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

Foxtail cactus

2019 Lynn Sweet

2023 Olga Batalov

Escobaria alversonii is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~125 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Escobaria
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Coryphantha alversonii
JEF + PLANTS	Coryphantha vivipara var. alversonii
JEF + PLANTS	Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii
JEF + PLANTS	Mammillaria alversonii
JEF	Pelecyphora alversonii

Information about Escobaria alversonii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/02/2024).