Cochemiea viridiflora
A small clustering pincushion cactus, better known as Mammillaria viridiflora, from mountain grassland and oak-juniper country in Arizona, New Mexico and the adjoining Sierra Madre Occidental. It takes frosty, fairly dry winters and summer monsoon rain, so it does best with full sun, a cold dry winter and summer watering.
Where it grows wild
Grows among rocks and grass on mountain slopes in semi-arid upland of the Mogollon Rim country and the Sierra Madre Occidental, often in the open or in light shade of shrubs.
The two climate sites sit at roughly 1,550 and 1,900 m, which matches the cool upland setting where the species grows.
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