Escontria chiotilla

Escontria chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Rose is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.¹

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Escontria.¹²

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXCPU, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, MXCDF, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXC, MXC_MO; C. & SW. Mexico.¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, desert or dry shrubland.¹

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

1. Plants of the World Online. "Escontria chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97551-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Escontria chiotilla". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3941495 ↩