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A small, slow-growing Mexican cactus from northeastern desert scrub, native to Coahuila and Nuevo León. It thrives in bright, fast-draining conditions and needs very little water.
Turbinicarpus swobodae is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Coahuila and Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Turbinicarpus alonsoi · Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus · Turbinicarpus hoferi · Turbinicarpus laui · Turbinicarpus lophophoroides · Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus · Turbinicarpus saueri · Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus · Turbinicarpus valdezianus · Turbinicarpus viereckii · Top cactus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Turbinicarpus swobodae 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.
