What is a foxtail cactus?
A foxtail cactus is a type of cactus. (1)
The genus Escobaria is also known as foxtail cacti, or pincushion cacti. (1)
The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Escobaria: Cochiseia, Escobesseya, Fobea, and Neobesseya. (1)
What does a foxtail cactus look like?
picture here (1)
What does a foxtail cactus look like?
picture here (1)
Where are foxtail cacti located?
range from the southernmost parts of central and western Canada through northern Mexico, with one species in Cuba. (1)
What are species of the Escobaria genus?
There are about 23 species. (1)
Escobaria chihuahuensis (1)
Escobaria tuberculosa – New Mexico (1)
Escobaria albicolumnaria – Big Bend area of west Texas (1)
Escobaria guadalupensis – Texas (1)
Escobaria laredoi (1)
Escobaria orcuttii – Arizona, New Mexico (1)
Escobaria organensis – New Mexico (1)
Escobaria sandbergii – New Mexico (1)
Escobaria sneedii – New Mexico, Texas (1)
Escobaria villardii – New Mexico (1)
Escobaria alversonii – Arizona, California (1)
Escobaria deserti – Arizona, California (1)
Escobaria hesteri – Texas (1)
Escobaria vivipara – Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico (1)
Escobaria emskoetteriana – Texas (1)
Escobaria dasyacantha – New Mexico, Texas (1)
Escobaria duncanii – New Mexico, Texas (1)
Escobaria lloydii (1)
Escobaria minima – Texas (1)
Escobaria robbinsorum – Arizona (1)
Escobaria cubensis – Cuba (1)
Escobaria missouriensis – Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho (1)
Escobaria zilziana (1)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escobaria
