Coryphantha robustispina, the Pima pineapple cactus, is a federally protected cactus of the Sonoran Desert. It is commonly found in Pima County, Arizona although it is also found throughout New Mexico and as far east as Texas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Long-tubercled Cory 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
- Sclerocactus wrightiae
- Sclerocactus cloverae
- Sclerocactus glaucus
- Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
- Coryphantha poselgeriana
- Thelocactus heterochromus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Coryphantha
- Species
- Coryphantha robustispina
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