Escobaria vivipara var. rosea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxb. var. rosea (Clokey) D. R. Hunt

Spinystar, Viviparous foxtail cactus

2005 James M. Andre

2010 John Game

Escobaria vivipara var. rosea is a shrub (stem succulent) that is native to California, and also found in Arizona and Nevada.

also called Coryphantha vivipara var. rosea

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~23 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Escobaria vivipara
Genus:	Escobaria
Family:	Cactaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Coryphantha vivipara var. rosea

Information about Escobaria vivipara var. rosea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ESVIR2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 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]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/16/2025).