Cactaceae
Pineapple cactus
Coryphantha sulcata
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Coryphantha
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pineapple cactus, Finger cactus, Grooved nipple cactus
Synonyms
- Cactus calcaratus (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Cactus kotschubeyi Kuntze
- Cactus scolymoides var. sulcatus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Cactus sulcatus (Engelm.) Small
- Coryphantha calcarata (Engelm.) Lem.
- Coryphantha obscura Boed.
- Coryphantha radians var. sulcata (Engelm.) Y.Itô
- Coryphantha roederiana Boed.
- Coryphantha speciosa Boed.
- Coryphantha sulcata var. sulcata
- Mammillaria calcarata Engelm.
- Mammillaria radians f. sulcata (Engelm.) Schelle
- Mammillaria radians var. sulcata (Engelm.) K.Schum.
- Mammillaria sulcata Engelm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.