TEXAS CACTI

 

Coryphantha macromeris (Big-Needle Pincushion Cactus)

 

BLOOM PERIOD:  May - June

HABITAT:  Can be found growing on the crest of rocky hills, in grasslands, or under brush and trees as long as there is plenty of soil for their long tap roots. 

SUBSPECIES: (1) C. macromeris macromeris and (2) C. macromeris runyonii

1. TEXAS: Terrell County, US 90, June 2009
   
 
1. TEXAS: Brewster County, Big Bend NP, 2001
 
1. TEXAS: Brewster County, Big Bend NP, 2000
 
2. TEXAS: Starr County, October 2007
 
2. TEXAS: Starr County, 1995