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Parodia crassigibba is a small, globe-shaped cactus from southern Brazil, grown as a compact houseplant. The key to success is bright light, a gritty fast-draining mix, and very sparing watering.
Parodia crassigibba, the green tomato cactus, is a species of cactus in the genus Parodia, native to Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parodia crassigibba 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.
