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Ferocactus glaucescens, the glaucous barrel cactus, is a solitary or branching barrel cactus from central Mexico with blue-green frosted stems and yellow spines. It needs strong sun, very sharp drainage and little water.
Ferocactus glaucescens, the glaucous barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native endemic to México.
In cultivation in temperate regions it must be grown under glass. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
There is a spineless form, Ferocactus glaucescens forma nuda (inermis).
This species is native to the limestone hills and dry forest of Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and San Luis Potosí states of Mexico at elevations of 550 to 2300 meters.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ferocactus glaucescens 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.
