Cactaceae
Long-tubercle beehive cactus
Coryphantha robustispina
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Coryphantha
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- كوريفانتا روبوستسبينا
- Chinese
- 白光城, 春花丸, 皮马菠萝仙人掌
- English
- Long-tubercle beehive cactus, Pima pineapple cactus
- Spanish
- Biznaga-partida de Espinas Gruesas, Echinocactus muehlenpfordtii
Synonyms
- Cactus robustispinus (Schott ex Engelm.) Kuntze
- Coryphantha muehlenpfordtii subsp. robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Dicht
- Coryphantha muehlenpfordtii var. robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) W.T.Marshall
- Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) L.D.Benson
- Mammillaria robustispina Schott ex Engelm.
Flowers
- In flower
- March, June to July (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Ostrowski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Floyd, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sean Hartnett, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.