1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Perennial
1.2 Type
Ornamental Plant
1.3 Origin
Not Available
1.4 Types
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Desert, Semi desert
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
12-10
1.8 Sunset Zone
21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Oval or Rounded
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Yellow
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Not Available
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Non Fruiting Plant
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Not Available
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Not Available
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Not Available
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Elliptic
2.4 Thorns
Not Available
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Not Available
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Not Available
3.2.2 Growth Rate
Very Slow
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Not Available
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Not Available
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Not Available
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
Not Available
3.3 Tolerances
Not Available
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
4.2 How to Plant?
Cuttings, Stem Cutting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
Medium
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Needs very little water
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
Moderate
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Not Available
4.5.2 Soil Type
Not Available
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Not Available
4.6 Sun Exposure
Not Available
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Mealy bugs
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
Not Available
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Single
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
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32% - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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5.2.2 Edible Fruit
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21% - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
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36% - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
Not Available
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
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No - Cactus Garden Plants has it !
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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
Not Available
5.4 Showy Foliage
Not Available
5.5 Showy Bark
Not Available
5.6 Foliage Texture
Bold
5.7 Foliage Sheen
Not Available
5.8 Evergreen
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2% - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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5.9 Invasive
Not Available
5.10 Self-Sowing
Not Available
5.11 Attracts
Hummingbirds
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
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51% - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
No Medicinal Use
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Not Available
6.2.3 Other Uses
Not Available
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
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53% - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
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All - Cactus Garden Plants have it !
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6.5 Garden Design
Bedding Plant
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Astrophytum myriostigma
7.2 Common Name
Bishop's Cap Cactus, Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Miter Cactus ,Star Cactus
7.2.1 In Hindi
Star Cactus
7.2.2 In German
Star Cactus
7.2.3 In French
Star Cactus
7.2.4 In Spanish
Star Cactus
7.2.5 In Greek
Star Cactus
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Star Cactus
7.2.7 In Polish
Star Cactus
7.2.8 In Latin
Star Cactus
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
Plantae
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Caryophyllales
8.5 Family
Cactaceae
8.6 Genus
Astrophytum
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
Cacteae
8.9 Subfamily
Cactoideae
8.10 Number of Species