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Melocactus glaucescens
Also called Woolly Wax Stem Turk's Cap Cactus
Melocactus glaucescens is a small, globe-shaped cactus from Bahia, Brazil, with a bluish-grey body and a woolly cap (cephalium) that bears flowers. It is a rare species from seasonally dry rocky ground, so it needs strong light, sharp drainage and very sparing water.
Melocactus glaucescens is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Melocactus glaucescens is identified by its glaucous appearance and its often whitish-yellow cephalium. The color of its cephalium varies slightly based on population.
Turk's Cap Cactus · Melocactus bahiensis · Melocactus bellavistensis · Melocactus braunii · Melocactus caroli-linnaei · Cone Like Turk's Head Cactus · Melocactus curvispinus · Wonderful Bristle Turk's Head Cactus · Melocactus ernestii · Melocactus estevesii · Melocactus harlowii · Melocactus heimenii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melocactus 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.
