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Cochemiea conoidea
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C. conoidea
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Cactus conoideus (DC.) Kuntze
  • Echinocactus conoideus (DC.) Poselger
  • Mammillaria ceratites Quehl
  • Mammillaria conoidea DC.
  • Mammillaria grandiflora Otto ex Pfeiff.
  • Neolloydia ceratites (Quehl) Britton & Rose
  • Neolloydia texensis Britton & Rose
  • Neolloydia conoidea (DC.) Britton & Rose

Cochemiea conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to western Texas and to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. It is a part of the Chihuahuan Desert desert scrub and the Tamaulipan thorn scrub.

Cochemiea conoidea is an unbranched cylindrical cactus up to 24 cm (9.6 inches) tall and up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter. Outer tepals of the flowers are whitish with green midveins; inner tepals bright pink-rose to magenta. Fruits are pale yellow-olive with black seeds.

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