Missouri Foxtail Cactus, Yellow PIncushion Cactus

Native to the great plains. The most hardy escobaria, surviving at zone 3a. More water-resistant than most small barrel cacti.

I have seen some clusters growing on a hill in the Wichita Mountains west of Medicine Creek, OK. Pretty cactus but I haven't seen its fl...Read Moreowers in person.

I've had my Pincushion Cactus for 4 days. The flower buds suddenly popped up yesterday, and today it's blooming. It's a very small plant ...Read Moreand I wasn't sure it would bloom at all this year, but it pleasantly surprised me. It's already been traumatized by being transplanted and then immediately after that, alternately pelted with torrential rain and scorched by the Texas sun, but hey, I guess some plants like that.

Here are more synonyms of this plant. Some of which in the future 'might' become a variety, subspecies, or cultivar: Mammillaria notestei...Read Morenii, Neobesseya roseiflora, Cactus notesteinii & Neobesseya notesteinii