Cochemiea estebanensis

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 50 cm in height and 6 to 10 cm in diameter. The firm, pyramidal warts lack milky juice. The axillae are wool-covered with 5 to 8 bristles, each up to 0.8 cm long. There is one central spine, brown with a dark tip, straight or hooked, measuring between 0.4 and 1.5 cm 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 1 cm long.

The funnel- or bell-shaped flowers are white, up to 2 cm long, and 2.5 cm in diameter. The red fruits contain black seeds.

Distribution
Cochemiea estebanensis is found in the Mexican state of Baja California, specifically on Isla San Esteban and the San Lorenzo Archipelago.

Taxonomy
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.