Cactaceae
Missouri fox-tail cactus
Pelecyphora missouriensis
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pelecyphora
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- اسكوباريا ميسوريينسيس
- Chinese
- 给分丸
- English
- Missouri fox-tail cactus, Missouri foxtail cactus
Synonyms
- Cactus mammillaris Nutt.
- Cactus missouriensis (Sweet) Kuntze
- Cactus missouriensis var. robustior (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Cactus missouriensis var. similis (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Cactus notesteinii (Britton) Rydb.
- Cactus similis (Engelm.) Small
- Coryphantha marstonii Clover
- Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose
- Coryphantha missouriensis var. caespitosa (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
- Coryphantha missouriensis var. marstonii (Clover) L.D.Benson
- Coryphantha missouriensis var. robustior (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
- Coryphantha nuttallii Engelm. ex C.F.Först.
- Coryphantha similis (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
- Coryphantha wissmannii (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) A.Berger
- Echinocactus similis (Engelm.) Poselg.
- Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R.Hunt
- Escobaria missouriensis subsp. navajoensis Hochstätter
- Escobaria missouriensis var. caespitosa (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
- Escobaria missouriensis var. marstonii (Clover) D.R.Hunt
- Escobaria missouriensis var. robustior (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
- Escobaria missouriensis var. similis (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
- Mammillaria missouriensis Sweet ex K.Schum.
- Mammillaria missouriensis Sweet
- Mammillaria missouriensis var. caespitosa (Engelm.) S.Watson
- Mammillaria missouriensis var. nuttallii (Engelm.) Schelle
- Mammillaria missouriensis var. robustior (Engelm.) S.Watson
- Mammillaria notesteinii Britton
- Mammillaria nuttallii Engelm.
- Mammillaria nuttallii var. borealis Engelm.
- Mammillaria nuttallii var. caespitosa (Engelm.) Engelm.
- Mammillaria nuttallii var. robustior (Engelm.) Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow
- Mammillaria similis Engelm.
- Mammillaria similis var. caespitosa Engelm.
- Mammillaria similis var. robustior Engelm.
- Mammillaria wissmannii Hildm. ex K.Schum.
- Neobesseya missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose
- Neobesseya missouriensis subsp. similis (Engelm.) Doweld
- Neobesseya notesteinii (Britton) Britton & Rose
- Neobesseya nuttallii (Engelm.) Borg
- Neobesseya nuttallii Boed.
and 3 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 106 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: c299792458, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, 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.