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Ariocarpus fissuratus
Also called Chautle-living Rock, False Peyote, Living Rock, Living Rock Cactus, Star Cactus, Star Rock
A slow-growing, flattened cactus of dry limestone plains in northern Mexico and Texas, with a rosette of hardened, triangular warts hidden under wool. It is grown for its unusual form and needs very little water and sharp drainage.
Ariocarpus fissuratus (formerly known as Anhalonium fissuratus) is a species of cactus found in small numbers in northern Mexico and Texas in the United States. Common names include living rock cactus, false peyote, chautle, dry whiskey and star cactus.
In cultivation, Ariocarpus fissuratus is often grafted to a faster-growing columnar cactus to speed growth, as they would generally take at least a decade to reach maturity on their own. They require very little water and fertilizer, a good amount of light, and a loose sandy soil with good drainage.
Ariocarpus fissuratus is widespread in southwest Texas from southeastern Hudspeth County to the Pecos River and in the Mexican states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas at elevations around 500 and 1,170 meters. Plants grow on dry limestone plains, ridges and low, rocky hills of limestone chips.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ariocarpus fissuratus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
