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© Ernie Marx
spinystar
Escobaria vivipara
Fort Collins
- Synonyms
- Coryphantha vivipara
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. (or less) to 8.0 in.
Spread: 4.0 in.; to 6.0 in. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Succulent/Cacti
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Small Spaces, Showy Flowers
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Loam, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- Careful! Sharp Spines, Thorns Or Other Appendages.
Notes
Cactus should never be collected in the wild. Only purchase from sustainable and reputable sources that grow cactus and succulents, for vendors please see our “Where to Buy” page.
Popular with native bees.