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Cleistocactus colademononis

Cleistocactus colademononis
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cleistocactus colademononis is a succulent of the family Cactaceae. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is native to Bolivia. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the golden rat-tail cactus Cleistocactus winteri, Cleistocactus winteri subsp. colademono.

Where it grows

Cleistocactus colademononis is endemic to Bolivia, specifically in the Santa Cruz department, province of Florida, about 30 kilometers east of Samaipata, on Cerro el Fraile mountain. It grows at altitudes below 1500 meters, on humid, steep rock faces where it hangs.

Other Borzicactus plants

Borzicactus fieldianus · Borzicactus hutchisonii · Borzicactus icosagonus · Borzicactus longiserpens · Borzicactus plagiostoma · Borzicactus sepium · Borzicactus tenuiserpens · Borzicactus · Cleistocactus capadalensis · Cleistocactus crassicaulis · Cleistocactus samaipatanus · Silver torch cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleistocactus colademononis 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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