Cochemiea insularis
Cochemiea insularis is a rare species of cactus in the genus Cochemiea commonly known as the island nipple cactus. It is endemic to the vicinity of Bahía de los Ángeles and its neighboring islands in Baja California, Mexico.
Description
Cochemiea insularis typically grows in groups, with flattened, mostly spherical blue-green bodies reaching up to 6 cm in height and 5 cm in diameter. The fleshy roots support conical warts without milky sap, while axillae may be bare or woolly with few bristles. It features a 1 cm long hooked central spine with a brown tip and 20 to 30 needle-like white marginal spines, each up to 0.5 cm long.Its funnel-shaped flowers, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, are light pink, and its orange-red club-shaped fruits, up to 1 cm in size, contain black seeds.