Species Information

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

Sandberg's Pincushion Cactus - Escobaria sandbergii

Sandberg's Pincushion Cactus

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Stems solitary, few in a clump, or commonly branched to form small dense clusters of 20 or more stems, the individual stems mostly 2-4 cm thick, to 15 cm tall; tubercles on mature stems with upper surface grooved; spines about 20-60 per areole, spreading, typically whitish, often darker at tip, fading to gray, about 70 percent are slender and about 1 cm long, the remainder thicker, often darker and to 2.5 cm long; flowers not opening widely, to 2 cm wide (usually smaller); tepals pale yellowish to pinkish or nearly white, usually with midribs darker, stigmas white to pink; fruits elongate, 1.5-2 cm long, green to somewhat reddish; seeds about 1 mm long, kidney-shaped, pitted, brown, with hilum lateral. Flowers April and May.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S2

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 11

Number of Mapped Locations: 33

Number of Observations: 130

Observation date range: 11-01-1962 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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