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Maihuenia poeppigii is a small, cushion-forming cactus shrub from the Andes of central Chile and Argentina, grown for its tight mats of succulent segments and lemon-yellow spring flowers. It is very cold hardy and needs sharp drainage and full sun.
Maihuenia poeppigii, commonly known in Chile as maihuén or hierba del guanaco, is a succulent cactus shrub from Argentina of a type called a cushion plant. The flowers and fruit are yellow. M. poeppigii is remarkably tolerant to moisture and cold temperatures.
The specific epithet poepigii commemorates Eduard Pöppig, a 19th-century German naturalist who explored South America.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maihuenia poeppigii 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.
