Cactaceae

Wright's nipple cactus

Cochemiea wrightii (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Doweld

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cochemiea

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Wright's nipple cactus: Mammillaria wrightii subsp. wilcoxii — Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 舞衣
English: Wright's nipple cactus, Wright's pincushion cactus, Wright's prickly-pear
Spanish: Biznaga de Wright

Synonyms

Cactus wrightii (Engelm.) Kuntze
Chilita wrightii (Engelm.) Orcutt
Ebnerella wrightii (Engelm.) Buxb.
Mammillaria wrightii Engelm.
Mammillaria wrightii f. wolfii D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria wrightii var. wolfii (D.R.Hunt) Repp.
Mammillaria wrightii var. wrightii
Neomammillaria wrightii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ethan Wright-Magoon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mike Ostrowski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jonathan Rodriguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gordon C. Snelling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.