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Consolea rubescens
Also called Road Kill Cactus
Consolea rubescens is a tree-like cactus from Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands, with flattened, segmented green to reddish branches that can reach about 6 m. It is grown as an ornamental and needs full sun, good drainage and little water.
Consolea rubescens, known as the road kill cactus, sour prickly pear, and tree cactus, is a species of succulent of the genus Consolea, in the family Cactaceae. It is found in Puerto Rico and the Leeward Antilles.
The native distribution range of Consolea rubescens extends from Puerto Rico to the Leeward Islands, and it grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome at elevations of 0 to 50 meters.
It is primarily cultivated as an ornamental plant and it is propagated via cuttings and seeds.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Consolea rubescens 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.
