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Polaskia chichipe

Polaskia chichipe
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
Mexico (Puebla, Michoacán, Oaxaca)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Polaskia chichipe is a succulent cactus native to Mexico.

Where it grows

Polaskia chichipe is found in a small area of mountains of northern Oaxaca, Michoacán, and southern Puebla, Mexico. It grows in xerophytic shrubland between 1,600 and 2,300 meters above sea level. It is found growing along Cephalocereus mezcalaensis, Polaskia chende, Mammillaria haageana subsp. haageana, Ferocactus robustus, Agave karwinskii, Agave lechuguilla and Yucca periculosa.

Other Myrtillocactus plants

Blue myrtle-cactus · Myrtillocactus schenckii · Polaskia chende

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polaskia chichipe by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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