Ferocactus viridescens (Coast Barrel Cactus) is a cactus with a solitary, bright green, depressed-spheric to cylindric stem with 13 to 34 …
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The family Cactaceae (cactus, cacti) is divided into four subfamilies (Pereskioideae, Opuntioideae, Cactoideae and Maihuenioideae), around 125 – 130 genera and 1,400 – 1,500 species of flowering plants with succulent (water-storing) stems.
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Astrophytum ornatum (Monk's Hood Cactus) is a small cactus with a solitary stem with 5 to 10 straight to spirally arranged ribs lined …
Ferocactus cylindraceus (California Barrel Cactus) is a cactus with an erect or leaning, spherical to columnar, usually solitary stem …
Astrophytum asterias 'Super Kabuto' (Silver Dollar Cactus) is an attractive small cactus with a solitary, spherical, apically depressed …
Cleistocactus strausii (Silver Torch Cactus) is a columnar cactus with slender cylindrical grey-green stems with around 25 ribs and …
Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus is a multi-stemmed cactus densely branched at the base. It grows up to 6.6 feet (2 m) tall. The stems are …
Lophophora fricii (False Peyote), also known as Lophophora williamsii var. fricii, is a small, slow-growing cactus with pale grey-green to …
Lophophora diffusa (False Peyote) is a small cactus with a large taproot and soft, yellowish-green to grey-green, somewhat globular stems …
Cleistocactus winteri (Golden Rat Tail), also known as Borzicactus aureispinus or Hildewintera aureispina, is a much-branched cactus with …
Mammillaria spinosissima (Spiny Pincushion Cactus) is a small cactus with cylindrical, dark blue-green stems with short tubercles, each …