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Maihuenia poeppigii
Maihuenia poeppigii, commonly known in Chile as maihuén or hierba del guanaco, is a succulent cactus shrub from Argentina of a type called a cushion plant. The flowers and fruit are yellow. M. poeppigii is remarkably tolerant to moisture and cold temperatures.
The specific epithet poepigii commemorates Eduard Pöppig, a 19th-century German naturalist who explored South America.
From the article Maihuenia poeppigii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This is a cactus species forming dense cushions often consisting of hundreds of individual segments. The plant's specific physical characteristics are listed below:
Leaves: Small and succulent. Flowers: Showy, large, satiny and lemon-yellow in color. It flowers in late spring. Fruit Small, round and yellow.
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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 440122.