Calflora Taxon Report
Escobaria vivipara  (Nutt.) Buxb.  var. deserti  (Engelm.) D. R. Hunt

(not an active name)
Desert beehive cactus,   Desert spinystar,   Fringe flowered foxtail
Escobaria vivipara var. deserti is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Coryphantha chlorantha
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Parent: Escobaria vivipara
Genus: Escobaria
Family: Cactaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland
Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCoryphantha deserti
PLANTSCoryphantha vivipara var. deserti
PLANTSMammillaria deserti
PLANTSMammillaria vivipara var. deserti
JEFEscobaria chlorantha
Information about Escobaria vivipara var. deserti from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (ESVID)

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“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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