Cactaceae
Nickels' cactus
Coryphantha nickelsiae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Coryphantha
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Nickels' cactus, Nickels' pincushion cactus, Nickels's coryphantha
- Spanish
- Biznaga-partida de Laredo
Synonyms
- Coryphantha calochlora Boed.
- Coryphantha sulcata var. nickelsiae (K.Brandegee) L.D.Benson
- Mammillaria calochlora Anon.
- Mammillaria nickelsiae K.Brandegee
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edits: Planckarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.