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Sclerocactus mariposensis
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Sclerocactus mariposensis, synonyms including Echinomastus mariposensis and Neolloydia mariposensis, is a rare species of cactus known by the common names Lloyd's fishhook cactus, golfball cactus, silver column cactus, and Mariposa cactus. It is native to a section of territory straddling the border between Brewster County, Texas, in the United States, and the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico. It has been federally listed as a threatened species in the United States since 1979.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Sclerocactus mariposensis
- Slug
- sclerocactus-mariposensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Sclerocactus
- Species
- mariposensis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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