Life Span
Biennial
Perennial
Type
Perennial
Cactus, Flowering Plants, Fruits, Houseplant, native plant natural landscaping, Ornamental Plants, Shrub
Origin
-
-
Types
Abbotswood potentilla, Daydawn potentilla, Klondike potentilla
Grafted Gymnocalycium Cultivars, Echinopsis chamaecereus cultivar, Pilosocereus pachycladus, Austrocylindropuntia subulata monstrose
Number of Varieties
2515
0
40000
👆🏻
Habitat
Clay soil areas, Rocky areas, Wet ground
In desert grasslands, Rocky Mountains, sandy seeps, Semi arid regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-8-9999
0
99
👆🏻
AHS Heat Zone
10-1
-
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
7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
91.44 cm7.60 cm
0
3900
👆🏻
Minimum Width
91.44 cm5.10 cm
0
6350
👆🏻
Plant Color
Flower Color
Orange, Yellow
Lemon yellow, Light Green, Pink, Red
Flower Color Modifier
-
-
Fruit Color
-
Purple, Purplish Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
-
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Small elliptic
Succulent
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Early Fall, Spring
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
-
-
Type of Soil
Well drained
-
The pH of Soil
Slightly Alkaline
-
Soil Drainage
-
-
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
-
-
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Stem Planting
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs watering once a week, Water less during winter, Water more in summer, Water when soil is dry
Needs very little water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
-
Soil Type
-
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Apply 10-10-10 amount
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
-
-
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
-
-
Fragrant Fruit
-
-
Fragrant Leaf
-
-
Fragrant Bark/Stem
-
-
Showy Foliage
-
-
Showy Bark
-
-
Foliage Texture
-
Bold
Foliage Sheen
-
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
-
-
Self-Sowing
-
-
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
-
Allergy
Avoid during Pregnancy
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beautification
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Skin cleanser, Skin Problems
-
Edible Uses
Insignificant
Insignificant
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Prevent Soil Erosion, Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Antibiotic, Astringent, Diarrhea, Haemostatic, Hypoglycaemic, Mildly painful menstruation, Odontalgic, Premenstrual syndrome, Swelling
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Root
-
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Showy Purposes, Used as a dye
Decoration Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
-
Botanical Name
POTENTILLA
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Common Name
Potentilla
Texas rainbow cactus, Spiny hedgehog cactus
In Hindi
Potentilla plant
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
In German
Potentilla Pflanze
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
In French
plante Potentilla
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
In Spanish
planta Potentilla
Dasyacanthus echinocereus
In Greek
φυτό potentilla
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
In Portuguese
planta Potentilla
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
In Polish
Potentilla roślin
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
In Latin
Potentilla herba
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Vascular plant
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Caryophyllales
Family
Rosaceae
Cactaceae
Genus
Potentilla
Echinocereus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Pachycereeae
Subfamily
Rosoideae
Cactoideae
Number of Species
30030
1
27800
👆🏻