Gymnocalycium quehlianum

Gymnocalycium quehlianum
(Blühende Kakteen)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Trichocereeae
Genus: Gymnocalycium
Species: G. quehlianum
Binomial name
Gymnocalycium quehlianum
Vaupel in Hosseus

Gymnocalycium quehlianum (Quehla chin cactus) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to northern Argentina.

It is a spherical cactus growing to 5 cm (2 in) tall by 7 cm (3 in) wide, with ribbed stems bearing brown spines and white, daisy-like flowers in summer. In cultivation, where temperatures fall below 10 °C (50 °F) it requires the protection of glass.[1]

Gymnocalycium quehlianum

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. "RHS Plant Selector - Gymnocalycium quehlianum". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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