Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Caryophyllales
        Family: Cactaceae
          Genus: Escobaria
            Species: sneedii var. sneedii

Sneed's Pincushion Cactus - Escobaria sneedii var. sneedii

Sneed's Pincushion Cactus

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

591504

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Stems growing in clumps, or commonly branched to form small dense clusters, the individual stems mostly 1-2 cm thick and to 10 cm tall; tubercles on mature stems with upper surface grooved; spines slender, spreading to erect in any one areole, mostly about 2-5 mm long, but with about 15 more or less central, stouter spines to about 10 mm long, the spines typically white, but varying to yellowish, pinkish or pale brownish, often darker at tip, fading to gray; flowers not opening widely, to 1.5 cm wide (usually smaller); tepals pale yellowish to pinkish or nearly white, usually with midribs darker; stigmas white to pink; fruit elongate, 1-1.5 cm long, green to somewhat reddish; seeds about 0.8 mm long, kidney-shaped, pitted, brown, with hilum lateral. Flowers in April.

Status

Global Rank: G2G3QT2Q

State Rank: S2

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Endangered [LE]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 17

Number of Mapped Locations: 261

Number of Observations: 282

Observation date range: 08-28-1964 to 04-21-2020

External Links

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

Species Related Publications

Show