Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Caryophyllales
        Family: Cactaceae
          Genus: Escobaria
            Species: organensis

Organ Mountain Pincushion Cactus - Escobaria organensis

Organ Mountain Pincushion Cactus

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Stems solitary, growing in clumps, or commonly branched to form small dense clusters, the individual stems mostly 2-4 cm thick and to 15 cm long; tubercles on mature stems with upper surface bearing a groove; spines with a yellowish cast often reddish-brown at the tips, about 20-60 per areole, majority slender and bristle-like to about 10 mm long and spreading, approximately 30 percent thicker, and 1-2.5 cm long; flowers not opening widely, to 2 cm wide (usually smaller) and pale yellowish to pinkish or nearly white, usually with midribs darker, stigmas white to pink; fruit elongate, 1.5-2 cm long, green to somewhat reddish; seeds about 1 mm long, kidney-shaped with hilum lateral, pitted, brown. Flowers April and May.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S2

State Status: E

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status: BLM WATCH

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 13

Number of Mapped Locations: 60

Number of Observations: 118

Observation date range: 06-11-1906 to 03-21-2020

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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