Cochemiea barbata is a small cactus native to Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, with the common name greenflower nipple cactus.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Green-flowered pincushion cactus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mammillaria mercadensis
- Mammillaria gilensis
- Cochemiea wrightii
- Mammillaria mathildae
- Mammillaria bocasana
- Cochemiea tetrancistra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cochemiea
- Species
- Cochemiea barbata
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