Cactaceae
Common fishhook cactus
Cochemiea tetrancistra
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cochemiea
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Common fishhook cactus, Corkseed pincushion cactus, Southwestern prickly-pear
- Spanish
- Biznaga de Cuatro Ganchos
Synonyms
- Bartschella tetrancistra (Engelm.) Doweld
- Cactus phellospermus (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Cactus tetrancistrus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Mammillaria phellosperma Engelm.
- Mammillaria tetrancistra Engelm.
- Neomammillaria tetrancistra (Engelm.) Fosberg
- Phellosperma tetrancistra (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Berardi from Long Beach, CA, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: beagsmn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.