Cochemiea estebanensis is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.
Description
Cochemiea estebanensis grows either solitary or in groups. Its grey-green, cylindrical shoots, with rounded apexes, can reach up to in height and in diameter. The firm, pyramidal warts lack milky juice. The axillae are wool-covered with 5 to 8 bristles, each up to long. There is one central spine, brown with a dark tip, straight or hooked, measuring between long. The plant has 15 to 22 radial spines that are needle-like, straight, and range in color from brownish to gold or white, each up to long. The funnel- or bell-shaped flowers are white, up to long, and in diameter. The red fruits contain black seeds. ==Distribution==
Originally described as Mammillaria estebanensis by George Edmund Lindsay in 1967, the species name "estebanensis" refers to Isla San Esteban. In 2021, Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure reclassified it into the genus Cochemiea. == References ==