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Discocactus zehntneri
Discocactus zehntneri is a small, solitary, spherical cactus from northeast Brazil with a dense cover of spines and a woolly cephalium that carries the flowers. It needs bright sun, very sparing water and fast-draining, gritty soil.
Discocactus zehntneri is a species of Discocactus found in Brazil.
This species is commonly found in the northern Brazilian state of Bahia, growing between rocks in sand and gravel at elevations between 400 and 1100 meters.
Discocactus boliviensis · Discocactus buenekeri · Discocactus catingicola · Discocactus diersianus · Discocactus fariae-peresii · Discocactus ferricola · Discocactus hartmannii · Discocactus heptacanthus · Cactus · Discocactus petr-halfarii · Discocactus placentiformis · Discocactus pseudoinsignis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Discocactus zehntneri 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.
