Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose is a plant in the Cactaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Pterocactus tuberosus is an Argentine cactus species in genus Pterocactus that holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Family
Genus
Pterocactus
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Pterocactus tuberosus (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose is a cactus species belonging to the genus Pterocactus. This species is native to Argentina, and it has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Photo: (c) Anibal Prina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anibal Prina · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Cactaceae Pterocactus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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