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A small, slow-growing, Critically Endangered cactus from Coahuila, Mexico, with a grey-green globular body and a tuberous root. It is grown by collectors and needs full sun, sharp drainage and minimal watering.
Rapicactus mandragora, synonym Turbinicarpus mandragora, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
It is endemic to Coahuila state in Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is a Critically Endangered species, threatened by habitat destruction.
Rapicactus mandragora is widespread in the Mexican state of Coahuila.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rapicactus mandragora 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.
