Photo by
Piet Goossens, Greertruidenberg, The Netherlands.
Photo by Grootscholten.
Photo by Michael Wolf, Wikimedia.org. |
| Author: | Edward
Frederick
Anderson, 1999 |
| Family: |
CACTACEAE |
| Origin: |
San Juan
+ Mendoza, NW Argentina |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Minimum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
| Height: |
15
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Greenish
Yellow - Pale Rose |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Black
Fingers, Dead Man's Fingers |
| Synonyms: |
Opuntia
clavarioides Pfeiff. 1837.
Cylindropuntia
clavarioides F.M.Knuth, 1935.
Austrocylindropuntia
clavarioides Backeb. 1942.
Puna clavarioides,
R.Kiesling, 1982.
Austrocylindropuntia
clavarioides var. ruiz-lealii,Backeb.
Cereus clavarioides, Pfeiff.
Cereus sericeus, Pfeiff.
Clavarioidia clavarioides f. cristata, Kreuz.
Cylindropuntia clavarioides, F.M.Knuth.
Opuntia clavarioides f. cristata, Schelle.
Opuntia clavarioides var. ruiz-lealii, G.D.Rowley.
Opuntia microthele, Pfeiff.
Opuntia ruiz-lealii, A.Cast.
Puna clavarioides f. cristata, P.V.Heath.
Tephrocactus clavarioides, G.D.Rowley. |
This member of the Cactaceae
family was given
this name by Edward
Frederick Anderson in 1999. It is found at high
altitude at San Juan
and Mendoza, Argentina, growing in grit with little water
and lots of sun. The tuberous root will grow rather large, the whole plant will only reach 15 centimetres
in height. The flowers are greenish yellow to pale rose.
The genera name means Resembles
Maihuenia, a related genera. The species name means 'club
shape-like'. |
Another one with exposed roots
from Succulent Fanatics, Facebook.com |
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