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'''''Cochemiea viridiflora''''', the '''greenflower nipple cactus''', is a species of ''[[Cochemiea]]'' found in Southern United States.<ref name="s067">{{cite taxon|powo |title=''Cochemiea viridiflora'' (Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure | id=77217873-1 | access-date=2024-06-13}}</ref> |
'''''Cochemiea viridiflora''''', the '''greenflower nipple cactus''', or '''fishhook pincushion''' is a species of ''[[Cochemiea]]'' found in Southern United States.<ref name="s067">{{cite taxon|powo |title=''Cochemiea viridiflora'' (Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure | id=77217873-1 | access-date=2024-06-13}}</ref> |
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==Description== |
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''Cochemiea viridiflora'' grow solitary with a thick succulent root. Stems are flat-topped, spherical, or short cylindrical with 5-17 mm tubercles. Areoles have white or brown-and-white spines, featuring 1-4 central spines and 13-31 hooked radial spines. |
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Flowers are cream to greenish-white or rose pink with a pink midstripe, measuring 1.5-3.9 × 1.2-4.2 cm. Tepals have long fringed margins. Fruits are green or purple, ovoid or obovoid, and 6-22 × 4-13 mm in size. Seeds are dark brown and reticulated. The chromosome count is 2n=22.<ref name="f783">{{cite web | last=Bödecker | first=(Britt. & Rose) | title=Mammillaria viridiflora | website=BioKIC Biodiversity Data Hosting | url=https://biokic3.rc.asu.edu/seinet/ecoflora/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=3399 | access-date=2024-06-18}}</ref> |
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==Distribution== |
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Plants are found growing in central Arizona near Prescott and I-10 from near Santa Rita in New Mexico in stone crevices and around boulders in grasslands, interior chaparral, pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands at elevations from 800 to 2000 meters.<ref name="a296">{{cite web | title=Mammillaria viridiflora (Green-Flower Nipple-Cactus) | website=New Mexico Rare Plants | date=2024-06-17 | url=https://nmrareplants.unm.edu/node/574 | access-date=2024-06-18}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
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C. viridiflora
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Cochemiea viridiflora, the greenflower nipple cactus, or 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 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 1.5-3.9 × 1.2-4.2 cm. Tepals have long fringed margins. Fruits are green or purple, ovoid or obovoid, and 6-22 × 4-13 mm in size. Seeds are dark brown and reticulated. The chromosome count is 2n=22.[2]
Plants are found growing in central Arizona near Prescott and I-10 from near Santa Rita in New Mexico in stone crevices and around boulders in grasslands, interior chaparral, pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands at elevations from 800 to 2000 meters.[3]
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