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Botanical illustration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Escobaria
Species:	tuberculosa

Range
Synonyms
List Cactus tuberculosus (Engelm.) Kuntze Coryphantha dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) L.D.Benson Coryphantha strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) L.D.Benson Coryphantha tuberculosa (Engelm.) Orcutt Coryphantha tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) A.D.Zimmerman Coryphantha varicolor Tiegel Escobaria dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) D.R.Hunt Escobaria strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) Bravo Escobaria strobiliformis subsp. sisperai Halda & Sladk. Escobaria tuberculosa var. durispina (Quehl) Børgesen Escobaria tuberculosa var. pubescens (Quehl) Y.Itô Escobaria tuberculosa subsp. varicolor (Tiegel) Lüthy Escobaria tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) S.Brack & K.D.Heil Mammillaria strobiliformis f. durispina (Quehl) Schelle Mammillaria strobiliformis var. durispina Quehl Mammillaria strobiliformis var. pubescens Quehl Mammillaria strobiliformis f. pubescens (Quehl) Schelle Mammillaria strobiliformis var. rufispina Quehl Mammillaria strobiliformis f. rufispina (Quehl) Schelle Mammillaria tuberculosa Engelm.

Escobaria tuberculosa, the corncob cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the south-central United States, and northern Mexico. It is only found growing on igneous rocks.

See also

In Spanish: Biznaga rómbica para niños

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