Pelecyphora tuberculosa (syn. Escobaria tuberculosa), the corncob cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the south-central United States, and northern Mexico.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Whitecolumn Foxtail 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
- Escobaria sneedii
- Escobaria villardii
- Escobaria albicolumnaria
- Coryphantha durangensis
- Escobaria dasyacantha
- Escobaria duncanii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Escobaria
- Species
- Escobaria tuberculosa
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