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Austrocylindropuntia vestita is a slender, columnar cactus covered in white hairs, native to high-altitude rocky grasslands in NW Argentina and Bolivia. Grow it in full sun with very fast-draining soil and water sparingly.
Austrocylindropuntia vestita, also known as old man opuntia, cotton pole and cotton coral cactus, is a species of Austrocylindropuntia that grows in high altitude grasslands on rocky soils in northwest Argentina and Bolivia. It is a slender columnar green cacti covered with white hairs.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Austrocylindropuntia vestita 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.
