Life Span
Perennial
Type
Cactus or Succulent
Origin
Caribbean, Central America, Northern America, South America
Types
Grafted Gymnocalycium Cultivars, Echinopsis chamaecereus cultivar, Pilosocereus pachycladus, Austrocylindropuntia subulata monstrose
Number of Varieties
2000
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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40000
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Habitat
Desert
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
Sunset Zone
7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Plant Size
Minimum Height
27.55 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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3900
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Minimum Width
3.44 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Magenta, Red, White, Yellow
Flower Color Modifier
-
Fruit Color
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Several shades of Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Globe shaped
Thorns
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15% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Plant Season
Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Bright direct sunlight
Growth Rate
Medium
Type of Soil
Loamy, Sandy, Well drained
The pH of Soil
Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer, Late Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
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44% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Tolerances
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Grafting, Seedlings, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Does not require lot of watering, Water once every two or three weeks, Water when soil is dry
In Summer
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Alkaline
Soil Type
Loamy, Sandy, Well drained
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Bright direct sunlight
Pruning
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune ocassionally, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Caterpillars, Cochineal insect, Mealybugs, Nematodes, Red spider mite, Rodent, Root rot, Scale, Slugs, Snails, Thripes, Viruses, Worms
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Flowers
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97% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Flower Petal Number
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
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32% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Edible Fruit
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9% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
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54% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Fragrant Fruit
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8% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Fragrant Leaf
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13% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Fragrant Bark/Stem
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9% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Showy Foliage
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54% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Showy Bark
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12% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Foliage Texture
-
Foliage Sheen
-
Evergreen
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12% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Invasive
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6% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Self-Sowing
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49% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants
Attracts
Birds
Allergy
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
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Edible Uses
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62% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Diabetes, Hangover
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Fine spines and trichomes are used as fiber for weaving, Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Used in construction, Used in Furniture
Used As Indoor Plant
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36% - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Used As Outdoor Plant
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All - Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !
Garden Design
Feature Plant
Botanical Name
Cactaceae
Common Name
Cactus
In Hindi
Naagaphanee
In German
Kaktus
In French
Cactus
In Spanish
El Cactus
In Greek
κάκτος
In Portuguese
cacto
In Polish
kaktus
In Latin
Cactus
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Dicotyledonae
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
-
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Subfamily
Cactoideae, Maihueniodeae, Opuntioideae, Pereskioideae
Number of Species
1800
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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27800
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