1. Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton et Rose in Britton & A.Brown , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, 2: 570, f. 2984, 1913
Descriptio:
Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton et Rose
Missouri or Nipple Cactus
Cactus mamillaris Nutt. Gen. I: 295. Not L. 1753
Mamillaria missouriensis Sweet, Hort. Brit. 171. 1827
M. Nuttallii Engelm. Mem. Am. Acad. 4: 49. 1849
Cactus missouriensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 259. 1891.
Stems mostly single, globose, 1'-2' high. Tubercles 6''-8'' long, arranged in about 8 spiral rows, slightly
grooved; spines gray, 10-20 together, the stouter central one 5''-6'' long, or wanting; flowers yellow, or reddish,
about 1' long and about the same breadth when expanded; petals 2''-3'' wide, acute, abruptly mucronate;
stigmas 2-5, very short, erect; berry globose, scarlet, 3''-4'' in diameter, ripening the following spring;
seeds black, globose, pitted, about 1/2'' in diameter. Plains and dry soil, North Dakota to Kansas and Texas, west to Colorado. Pelots. May. |
Coryphantha similis (Engelman) Britton et Rose in Britton & A.Brown , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, 2: 571, 1913
Descriptio:
Coryphantha similis (Engelman) N. L. Britton et J. N. Rose
(Mamillaria similis Engelm.) has stems tufted; flowers 1'-2' long; seeds about 1'' long, and ranges
from Kansas and Colorado to Texas.
2. Coryphantha vivipara (Nuttal) Nathaniel Lord Britton et A.Brown , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, 2: 571, f. 2985, 1913
Descriptio:
Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) N.L.Britton et A.Brown
Purple Cactus
Cactus viviparus Nutt. Fraser's Cat. 1813
Mamillaria vivipara Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. Suppl. 72. 1819
Stems single or tufted, 1'-5' high. 1 1/2'-2' in diameter. Tubercles terete or nearly so, slightly grooved,
bearing 3-8 slender reddish-brown spines 6''-10'' long, surrounded by 12-25 somewhat shorter, whitish or
greenish ones in a single row; sepals fringed; berry ovoid, 6''-9'' long, green; seeds light brown, obovoid,
curved, pitted, about 3/4'' long. Plains and rocky soil, Minnesota to Manitoba, Alberta, Kansas, and Colorado. |
© 2002-2009 Jan Mynar
Last modified Novembar 15, 2009