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Mammillaria tetrancistra
Biznaga de Cuatro Ganchos

Photographer: Brother Alfred Brousseau
Organization: St. Mary's College
Collection: Brousseau

ID: 6205 3041 0702 0045 (1996-10-01)

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date of photo Mar 30, 1979

location ANZA BORREGO (San Diego County, California, US)

photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT

common names Biznaga de Cuatro Ganchos, Common Fishhook Cactus, Corkseed Pincushion Cactus (ITIS )

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Reviewed by Trent Draper Sep 18, 2005

Action: changed name from "Escobaria vivipara var. deserti" to "Mammillaria tetrancistra "

Reviewer's comments:

"The central spine in this picture is hooked with more than 30 radial spines making this a Mammillaria tetrancistra. Escobaria spines are straight."

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