Cochemiea armillata
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| Cochemiea armillata | |
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| In flower near Todos Santos | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. armillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochemiea armillata (K.Brandegee) P.B.Breslin & Majure | |
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Cochemiea armillata is an uncommon species of cactus in the genus Cochemiea commonly known as the Los Cabos nipple cactus. This species is endemic to the Cape region of Baja California Sur in Mexico. It is somewhat similar in appearance to the rare Cochemiea capensis and the more common Cochemiea dioica.[3]
Cochemiea armillata initially grows solitary but later forms groups. The plants are slender, cylindrical, and can reach up to 30 cm (12 in) in height and 4 to 5 cm (1.6 to 2.0 in) in diameter, which usually grows with 3 to 12 stems that emerge at the height of the base or sometimes higher. They have firm, blue-green, conical to cylindrical warts without milky sap. The axillae are covered with wool and bristles. Each plant has 1 to 4 strong, yellowish-gray central spines, which darken with age and are partly hooked, measuring 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long. The 9 to 15 grayish white radial spines are thin, bristly, straight, and 0.7 to 1.2 cm (0.28 to 0.47 in) long.
The bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers are pink-creamy yellow, 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in) long, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter. The filaments are pink with yellow anthers. The stigma is also pink, with 5 to 7 lobes up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, pinkish red. The red, club-shaped fruits are 1.5 to 3 cm (0.59 to 1.18 in) long and 7 to 10 mm (0.28 to 0.39 in) in diameter, containing black seeds, up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long by 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide.[4]
