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Peninsular fishhook cactus

Cochemiea dioica

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) william_hoyer, some rights reserved (CC BY)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 540, February 901, March 1,448, April 647, May 425, June 313, July 268, August 273, September 346, October 354, November 455, December 425.
California6,552
United States4,306
Mexico3,802
Baja California3,014
Baja California Sur785
Sonora3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
GenusCochemiea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Peninsular fishhook cactus with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.