1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Perennial
Cactus or Succulent
1.3 Origin
Not Available
South America, Brazil
1.4 Types
Abbottswood Potentilla
Day Dawn Potentilla
Goldfinger Potentilla
Pink Beauty Potentilla
Snowbird Potentilla
not available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
gardens, Grassland, Homesteads, Open areas
Rocky areas, rocky outcrops, Sandy areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H2, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Not Available
Upright/Erect
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
5.7.1 Minimum Width
8.11 Plant Color
8.11.1 Flower Color
8.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Red, Violet
8.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Not Available
Not Available
8.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Not Available
8.12 Shape
8.12.1 Leaf Shape
8.13 Thorns
9 Season
9.1 Plant Season
Not Available
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
9.2 Growing Conditions
9.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
9.2.2 Growth Rate
9.2.3 Type of Soil
9.2.4 The pH of Soil
Not Available
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
9.2.5 Soil Drainage
Not Available
Well drained
9.2.6 Bloom Time
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Early Summer
9.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
9.3 Tolerances
10 Care
10.1 Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Container, Ground, Pot
10.2 How to Plant?
Stem Planting
Cuttings, Seedlings, Vegetative
10.3 Plant Maintenance
10.4 Watering Plants
10.4.1 Watering Requirements
Water Deeply, Water when soil is dry
Needs less watering
10.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Regular watering required
10.4.3 In Spring
10.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
10.5 Soil
10.5.1 Soil pH
Not Available
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
10.5.2 Soil Type
10.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Not Available
Well drained
10.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
10.7 Pruning
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in winter, Prune to control growth, Remove damaged leaves, Remove deadheads, Requires little pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
10.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, No fertilizers needed
10.9 Pests and Diseases
10.10 Plant Tolerance
11 Facts
11.1 Flowers
11.1.1 Flower Petal Number
11.2 Fruits
11.2.1 Showy Fruit
11.2.2 Edible Fruit
11.3 Fragrance
11.3.1 Fragrant Flower
11.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
11.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.4 Showy Foliage
11.5 Showy Bark
11.6 Foliage Texture
11.7 Foliage Sheen
Not Available
Not Available
11.8 Evergreen
11.9 Invasive
11.10 Self-Sowing
11.11 Attracts
Not Available
Birds, Fruit Bats, Moths, pollinators
11.12 Allergy
12 Benefits
12.1 Uses
12.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
along a porch, deck or patio, Beautification, Borders, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes, small hedge, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
12.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
12.1.3 Edible Uses
12.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Food for birds
12.2 Plant Benefits
12.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Curing infectious diseases, Improve heart health, Lung Problems, Treatment of ulcers
No Medicinal Use
12.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Not Available
Fruits, Whole plant
12.2.3 Other Uses
Showy Purposes
Used as Ornamental plant, Used in construction, Used to feed livestock
12.3 Used As Indoor Plant
12.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
12.5 Garden Design
Not Available
Container, Feature Plant, Houseplant, Landscape, Rock Garden, Showy Tree, Wall
13 Scientific Name
13.1 Botanical Name
POTENTILLA cinerea
CEREUS jamacaru
13.2 Common Name
Abbotswood Potentilla
mandacaru, cardeiro, Night-blooming Cactus, Pleated Cereus
13.2.1 In Hindi
Potentilla Abbotswood
mandacaru
13.2.2 In German
Abbotswood potentilla
Cereus jamacaru
13.2.3 In French
Abbotswood potentille
Cereus jamacaru
13.2.4 In Spanish
Abbotswood Potentilla
Cereus jamacaru
13.2.5 In Greek
Abbotswood Potentilla
Mandacaru
13.2.6 In Portuguese
Abbotswood Potentilla
Mandacaru
13.2.7 In Polish
Abbotswood Potentilla
Mandacaru
13.2.8 In Latin
Abbotswood Potentilla
Mandacaru
14 Classification
14.1 Kingdom
14.2 Phylum
Not Available
Tracheophyta
14.3 Class
Not Available
Magnoliopsida
14.4 Order
14.5 Family
14.6 Genus
14.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
14.8 Tribe
14.9 Subfamily
14.10 Number of Species