Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Shrub
Cactus or Succulent
Origin
Europe
Southwestern United States, Mexico
Types
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Coryphantha ramillosa, Coryphantha echinus
Number of Varieties
301
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
Desert, Grassland, Rocky areas, Sandy areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
6-98-15
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-8
Sunset Zone
-
12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
40.00 cm15.20 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm20.30 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow
Yellow, Yellow green, Magenta, Coral
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
White
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green, Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Arrowhead
Succulent
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer
Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought, Dry soil, Heat Tolerance
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Medium, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Moist
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in growing season
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought, Dry soil, Heat Tolerance
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Bold
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Allergy
-
Skin rash
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Indoor Air Purification, No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Wounds
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Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
-
Other Uses
Showy Purposes
Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Container, Houseplant, Rock Garden, Wall
Botanical Name
LACTUCA serriola
CORYPHANTHA
Common Name
Compass Plant, Horse Thistle, Prickly Lettuce
Pima Pineapple
In Hindi
Prickly Lettuce
Pima अनानस
In German
Feigensalat
Pima Ananas
In French
laitue scariole
Pima ananas
In Spanish
lechuga espinosa
Pima piña
In Greek
φραγκοσυκιές Μαρούλι
Pima Ανανάς
In Portuguese
alface espinhosa
Pima Pineapple
In Polish
Kolczasta Sałata
Pima Ananas
In Latin
Opuntia Lactuca
Pineapple Pima
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Caryophyllales
Family
Asteraceae
Cactaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Coryphantha
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Tribe
Cichorieae
Cacteae
Subfamily
-
Cactoideae
Number of Species
1001
1
27800
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