Family Cactaceae


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Ariocarpus agavoides
Common Name(s): Living Rock Cactus
Synonym(s): Neogomesia agavoides, Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus

A. agavoides
Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA

A. agavoides

Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Note: This specimin has been grafted


Ariocarpus fissuratus
Common Name(s): False Peyote, Living Rock, Star Rock
Synonym(s): Mammillaria fissurata, Anhalonium fissuratum, Roseocactus fissuratus, Anhalonium engelmannii, Ariocarpus lloydii, Roseocactus lloydii, Roseocactus intermedius

A. fissuratus
Photo taken at: Rainbow Gardens, Vista, CA
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A. fissuratus
Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Note: This specimin has been grafted

A. fissuratus
Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Note: This specimin has been grafted

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Common Name(s): Living Rock Cactus
Synonym(s): Anhalonium kotschoubeyanum, Anhalonium sulcatum, Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus

A. kotschoubeyanus
Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Note: This specimin has been grafted

A. kotschoubeyanus

Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Note: This specimin has been grafted


A. kotschoubeyanus
Photo taken at: Larry Nichols Personal Collection, Westminster, CA

Ariocarpus retusus
Common Name(s): Living Rock Cactus, Seven Stars
Synonym(s): Anhalonium prismaticum, Anhalonium elongatum, Ariocarpus elongatus, Anhalonium areolosum, Anhalonium pulvilligerum, Ariocarpus fulvilligeris, Mammillaria furfuracea, Anhalonium furfuraceum, Ariocarpus furfuraceus, Anhalonium trigonum, Ariocarpus trigonus, Ariocarpus retusus, Ariocarpus confusus

A. retusus
Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

A. retusus

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA


A. retusus
subsp. trigonus

Photo taken at: Larry Nichols Personal Collection, Westminster, CA
Subspecies: Trigonus

Ariocarpus scaphirostris
Common Name(s): Living Rock Cactus
Synonym(s):

A. scaphirostris
Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

*Currently 5 of 6 known species shown in this genus.