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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Astrophytum myriostigma
Common Name(s): Bishop's Cap, Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Miter Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus myriostigma, Astrophytum prismaticum, Astrophytum columnare, Astrophytum coahuilense, Astrophytum tulense
Native Habitat: Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas - Mexico
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
R. Porch's Private Collection
My acknowledgments to Dr. Ed Leuck at Centenary College of Louisiana, whom these specimens belong to.
Mexico-Highlands of San Luis Potosi, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas.
This species is widespred, so shows extreme variations on rib numbers, amount of flecking etc., resulting many described variety, ssp. and forma names, but they do not appear to be wortwhile recognizing taxonomically...
This form has not flecks on the epidermis. It is very rare and its fat and blue ribs differ from the type which has shiny, smooth dark green epidermis with sharp, thin ribs.