Cactaceae
Birdfoot cactus
Pelecyphora minima
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pelecyphora
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- اسكوباريا الدنيا
- Bulgarian
- Дребна ескобария
- Chinese
- 小极光球, 紫王子
- English
- Birdfoot cactus, Nellie cory cactus, Nellie's pincushion cactus, Small coryphantha
- Hungarian
- Eszkobárika
Synonyms
- Coryphantha minima Baird
- Coryphantha nellieae Croizat
- Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R.Hunt
- Escobaria nellieae (Croizat) Backeb.
- Mammillaria nellieae (Croizat) Croizat
- Neobesseya minima (Baird) Lodé
Photos
Photo: andrea_miclet, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NauticalFox, 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). About our plant data.