Cochemiea viridiflora
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| Cochemiea viridiflora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. viridiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochemiea viridiflora (Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure | |
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Cochemiea viridiflora, commonly known as the greenflower nipple cactus or the fishhook pincushion, is a species of Cochemiea found in Southern United States.[1]
Cochemiea viridiflora grow solitary with a thick succulent root. Stems are flat-topped, spherical, or short cylindrical with 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) tubercles. Areoles have white or brown-and-white spines, featuring 1-4 central spines and 13-31 hooked radial spines. Flowers are cream to greenish-white or rose pink with a pink midstripe, measuring 1.5 cm–3.9 cm × 1.2 cm–4.2 cm (0.59 in–1.54 in × 0.47 in–1.65 in). Tepals have long fringed margins. Fruits are green or purple, ovoid or obovoid, and 6 mm–22 mm × 4 mm–13 mm (0.24 in–0.87 in × 0.16 in–0.51 in) in size. Seeds are dark brown and reticulated. The chromosome count is 2n=22.[2]
