Kingdom Plantae Subfamily Cactoideae Genus Neolloydia Order Caryophyllales | Family Cactaceae Tribe Cacteae Rank Species | |
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Similar Neolloydia, Echinocereus enneacanthus, Neolloydia matehualensis, Echinocereus stramineus, Thelocactus conothelos | ||
Neolloydia conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to western Texas and to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. It is a part of the Chihuahuan Desert desert scrub and the Tamaulipan thorn scrub.
Neolloydia conoidea is an unbranched cylindrical cactus up to 24 cm (9.6 inches) tall and up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter. Outer tepals of the flowers are whitish with green midveins; inner tepals bright pink-rose to magenta. Fruits are pale yellow-olive with black seeds.
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