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Praecereus saxicola
Monvillea saxicola is a flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae that is found in Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay.
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Description
Monvillea saxicola grows shrubby with sparsely to well branched, upright to spreading, blue green stems of 1.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter. There are 6 to 9 ribs available. The 1 to 5 needle-like middle spines are up to 1.5 inches long. The 6 to 9 needles are white and have a black tip. They are 2 to 6 millimeters long. The greenish-white flowers are up to 12 centimeters long. The fruits have diameters of up to 3 centimeters.
Range & habitat
Monvillea saxicola is widespread in southwestern Brazil and northeastern Argentina at altitudes of 300 to 900 meters. It is also found in Paraguay.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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 442578.