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Gymnocalycium calochlorum
Gymnocalycium calochlorum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina.
From the article Gymnocalycium calochlorum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It forms clusters of gray-green to blue-green, depressed spherical shoots up to 4cm tall and 6cm in diameter. The cactus has about 11 humpbacked ribs, areoles are oval and yellow, lacks central spines, and has approximately nine thin, flexible, white to pink-brown radial spines, each curving backward and up to 1cm long. Its light pink flowers, up to 6cm long, remain narrowly open, and its fruits are blue to blue-green and egg-shaped.
Range & habitat
Gymnocalycium calochlorum is a cactus native to the Argentine province of Córdoba, thriving at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters in grasslands with crumbled granite.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 438945.