Escobaria missouriensis(Sweet ) D. R. Hunt
Missouri Foxtail Cactus , Yellow Pincushion Cactus , Plains Nipple Cactus
Mammillaria missouriensis , Coryphantha missouriensis , Coryphantha marstonii , Coryphantha similis , Mammillaria similis , Neobesseya missouriensis , Neobesseya similis , Neomammillaria missouriensis
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Family : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : CacteaeGenus : Escobaria
Escobaria missouriensisis a belittled cactus with oblate or globose to obconic stems with elongate tubercles tipped with spine - bearing areoles with little white wool not mist the basal portion of the spines . It raise solitary or in clumps . The base are deep - seated in the soil , becoming flat - topped and well-nigh subterraneous in wintertime . They are up to 4 in ( 10 centimeter ) tall and up to 3.2 inches ( 8 atomic number 96 ) in diameter . Each areole bears 0 to 2 key thorn and 10 to 20 radial ones . The spines are up to 0.8 column inch ( 2 cm ) long and change in color from bright white , pale grey-haired , or pale tan , endure to gray or yellowish brown , dark dark-brown orange to pale brown or pallid grayish pink confidential information present on all or only the largest . peak are pale greenish yellowed to lily-livered - putting green with mid - stripes of green or rose - garden pink to blench brown . They are intimately apical , up to 2 inches ( 5 centimeter ) long , most adequate in diam , and appear from late spring to former summertime . Fruits are up to 0.4 inches ( 10 mm ) in diameter and bright orange - red or scarlet when fully ripe . fruit are orange - red to scarlet , sometimes proximally carmine or virtually magenta . They are orbicular to ellipsoid , up to 0.4 inches ( 1 cm ) long , nearly adequate in diameter , and stop tiny black seed .
USDA hardiness zone7a to 11b : from 0 ° F ( −17.8 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° hundred ) .
Escobarias are very susceptible to molder and demand well - drain grunge without any extra urine or stagnation . It has been observed that the works also suffer the environmental humidness , which should preferably stay on very scurvy ( 30 to 50 % ) . forfend watering during the winter , when the plant is dormant . WateringEscobariain cold environmental precondition will almost certainly run to the death of the plant . In the arise season , the plants , whose growth is typically quite slow , perceive a significant temperature difference of opinion between night and 24-hour interval . The experient grower knows well the difficulties of survival of this genus , which is surely not one of the sluttish to uprise .
The seed germination charge per unit is low than other genera , and other generation methods are preferable , such as offsets or cuttings .
See more atHow to Grow and Care for Escobaria .
This species is native to theUnited States(Arizona , Idaho , Kansas , New Mexico , North Dakota ) andMexico(Coahuila de Zaragoza , Nuevo Leon ) .
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