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Ariocarpus agavoides
A small, slow-growing rosette cactus that hides most of its body underground, with only its flattened, leaf-like warts showing at the surface. It is a species of cactus, a plant that needs very little water and strong light.
Ariocarpus agavoides (known commonly as the Magueyito or Tamaulipas living rock cactus) is a species of cactus. Some taxonomists place it in a separate genus as Neogomesia agavoides. The locals use the slime from the roots of the plants as glue to repair pottery. The sweet-tasting warts are eaten and often added to salads
A. agavoides has a narrow distribution in the rocky limestone hills at about 1200 meters in elevation in Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí in Mexico. It is endemic to Mexico. It grows in dry shrubland in rocky calcareous substrates.
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