Graham's Pincushion Cactus
Mammillaria grahamii
This cactus was found growing from between boulder fragments in the foothills
of Four Peaks, eastern Maricopa Co., Arizona. Sept. 15, 2002
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FLOWERS: Bright pink to lavender flowers seem oversized on this small
cactus.
SUCCULENT: A small cactus about 5 cm in diam. and usu less than 15 cm
tall. Some times forming clumps of several stems, but often growing solitary.
SPINES: Numerous, long hooked spines.
LEAVES: Absent.
RANGE: Common especially on bajadas and rocky slopes throughout the
Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
FRUIT: Red, elipsoid, and fleshy borne at top of cactus.