Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. vivipara

Origin:

Scientific Synonyms: Cactus viviparus Nutt., Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose, Mammillaria vivipara (Nutt.) Haw., Mammillaria vivipara (Nutt.) Haw. var. borealis Engelm., Mammillaria vivipara Haw.

Common names:

Ball cactus (1933, ND) (127)

Globe cactus (1897, KS) (145)

Pincushion cactus [Pin-cushion cactus] (1986) (4)

Purple cactus (1899-1937) (5, 93, 97, 131, 157)

Spiny-star [Spiny star, Spinystar] (Present) (50)

Tuberculated cactus (1878) (108)

Turk's-head [Turk's head] (1878) (108)