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Pilosocereus aurisetus
Pilosocereus auristetus is a species of cactus native to Minas Gerais, Brazil and was first described in 1957.
From the article Pilosocereus aurisetus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Pilosocereus aurisetus is a columnar cactus that gets no taller than 3 feet. White wool grows out of the areoles and the spines when dense create a yellow hue. Uniformly spaced ribs and this cactus does not branch though it can create new plants by suckering.
Range & habitat
Pilosocereus aurisetus is native to Minas Gerais and grows at about 650 M to at most 1300 M above sea level in quartzitic rock outcrops in a savannah type habitat.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 442087.