BOKES BUTTON CACTUS (Epithelantha bokei)
Boke's button cactus (also
known as the smooth button) grows on raised
limestone hills and ledges in the Chihuahuan Desert of
South Texas and northern Mexico. In times
when water is available it is an almost completely
rounded cactus, with small tubercles that are completely
obscured by the very dense coating of tiny white spines
which give the appearance of a smooth, felty coating. In
times of extreme drought the plant shrinks to a
concertina-like form.
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