Escobaria minima
Escobaria minima
Escobaria minima is a flowering plant in the genus Escobaria from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). An English common name is " Nelly's Cory - Cactus".
Description
Escobaria minima grows mostly single egg-shaped impulses, the (rarely to 4 inches ) (rarely to 7 centimeters) reach for diameters 1-2 cm plant height of 1.2 to 2.5 centimeters. Warts are at least 3 mm long. The 20 to 25 flattened spines are very dense, lie heavily on the driving surface and cover this. They are chalky gray, yellow or something pink and 3-8 mm (rarely up to 14 millimeters ) long.
The flowers are bright purple pink to reddish. They are 2 to 2.5 inches long and achieve just such a diameter. The green, roughly spherical fruits are 5 to 10 millimeters long.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Escobaria minima is common on desert grassland in Brewster County, Texas, as well as in the neighboring Mexican state of Coahuila between limestone rocks. The first description as coryphantha minima was published in 1931 by Ralph O. Baird. David Richard Hunt she put 1978 in the genus Escobaria.
Escobaria minima is out in Appendix I of the CITES Convention. In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.