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Browningia pilleifera

Browningia pilleifera
Photo: Manuel Roncal, CC0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
N. Peru
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Browningia pilleifera is a species of succulent flowering plant in the genus Browningia, within the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to northwestern Peru.

How to grow it

This species is mainly cultivated as an ornamental. It may be propagated vegetatively via cuttings, or via seed.

Where it grows

This specis is native to northwestern Peru, especially near Balsas along the Marañón River. It grows mainly in the seasonally-dry tropical biome.

Other Browningia plants

Browningia altissima · Browningia amstutziae · Candleholder Cactus · Browningia chlorocarpa · Browningia hertlingiana · Browningia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Browningia pilleifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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