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§1 Plant

Epithelantha micromeris (Engelm.) F.A.C. Weber ex Britton & Rose

vernacular pingpong-ball cactus — species · Cactaceae

USDA
EPMI2
GBIF
8013485
Rank
species
pingpong-ball cactus (Epithelantha micromeris)
Platephotograph · Lex García source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Cactaceae Juss.
Genus
Epithelantha
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

No county-level records.

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/EPMI2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8013485 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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