Cactaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Cochemiea grahamii

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cochemiea grahamii is a spiny, evergreen cylindrical cactus; it often branches basally and can produce one to several globose to cylindrical stems around 50 - 150mm tall and 35 - 65mm in diameter[ 1991 Title Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora in southwestern Arizona. Part 7. Eudicots: Cactaceae - Cactus Family Publication Phytoneuron 2014-69: 1-95 Author Felger R.S. et al Publisher Year 2014 ISBN 2153 733X Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. Cochemiea grahamii is wide-ranging, abundant, and there are no known threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthwest N. America - southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, northern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua)

HabitatChihuahuan and Sonoran desert scrub, grasslands, interior chaparral, oak woodlands, alluvial slopes, hills, canyons, silty, sandy, gravelly, or rocky soils of igneous or calcareous origin; at elevations from 300 - 1,500 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 1991 Title Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora in southwestern Arizona. Part 7. Eudicots: Cactaceae - Cactus Family Publication Phytoneuron 2014-69: 1-95 Author Felger R.S. et al Publisher Year 2014 ISBN 2153 733X Description ].