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Button Cactus along Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee State Park, Otero Co., NM, 180426. Epithelantha micromeris AKA (Ping-Pong-Ball Cactus. pingpong ball cactus, Epithelantha densispina)

Button Cactis along Roundup Ground Trail, Otero Co., NM, 180401. Epithelantha micromeris. Core eudicots: Caryophyllales: Cactaceae. AKA (Ping-pong ball cactus, Cactus micromeris, Cephalomamillaria micromeris, Echinocactus micromeris, Mammillaria micromeris, Living Rocks). Epithelantha micromeris bokei or Epithelantha bokei??

Epithelantha micromeris (bottom) and Astrophytum asterias

Epithelatha micromeris. Epithelantha micromeris is a button cactus in the genus Epithelantha, found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northeast Mexico. It is characterized by its white-grey spines growing on a globular shaped stem. The density of its white spines give it the illusion of being completely grey, making it very difficult to see the green color beneath. It grows to be 1–5 cm tall, and roughly 2–4 cm in diameter. E. micromeris produces small, pink-white flowers, often considered to be some of the smallest of the cacti. These flowers give way to a bright red, cylindrical fruit which contains several black seeds and also is edible.

Epithelantha micromeris seedlings

One of my last purchased cacti. Doing well after its first year.

En la cima del Cerro de las Mitras (pico perico) uno puede encontrarse con estos cactus que crecen entre rocas o lugares prácticamente inaccesibles para cualquier planta.

Button Cactis along Roundup Ground Trail, Otero Co., NM, 180401. Epithelantha micromeris. Core eudicots: Caryophyllales: Cactaceae. AKA (Ping-pong ball cactus, Cactus micromeris, Cephalomamillaria micromeris, Echinocactus micromeris, Mammillaria micromeris, Living Rocks). Epithelantha micromeris bokei or Epithelantha bokei??

The pink fruit slowly got longer over several days.

Button Cactus along Dog Canyon Trail, Oliver Lee State Park, Otero Co., NM, 180713. Epithelantha micromeris. Core eudicots: Caryophyllales: Cactaceae. AKA (Living Rocks, Pingpong Ball Cactus)

Epithelantha micromeris, southeastern foothills of the Capitan Mountains, near F.R. 57 south-southwest of Sunset Peak, 33.5380 -105.2614, Lincoln County, 6 May 2017.

Epithelantha micromeris

with fruit

Familia: Labiatae (Lamiaceae)

Género: Micromeria

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