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Cleistocactus ritteri

Cleistocactus ritteri
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Native range
Bolivia (La Paz)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Cleistocactus ritteri is a species of Cleistocactus found in Bolivia.

Where it grows

Cleistocactus ritteri is found beneath trees and shrubs in loamy soil of the Bolivian department of La Paz in the Yungas at altitudes of 2700 to 3000 meters.

Other Cleistocactus plants

Cephalocleistocactus · Firecracker Cactus · Cleistocactus brookeae · Old man of the mountain · Cleistocactus candelilla · Cleistocactus dependens · Cleistocactus glaucus · Cleistocactus hildegardiae · Cleistocactus hyalacanthus · Cleistocactus laniceps · Cleistocactus luribayensis · Cleistocactus morawetzianus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleistocactus ritteri 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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