Parodia magnifica

Parodia magnifica
P. magnifica (Jean-Pol Grandmont)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Genus: Parodia
Species: P. magnifica
Binomial name
Parodia magnifica

Parodia magnifica is a species of flowering plant in the Cactaceae family, native to southern Brazil. It is a cactus growing to 7–15 cm (3–6 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) broad, with heavily ribbed, spherical to columnar, spiny and hairy stems, bearing pale yellow flowers in summer.[1]

In cultivation it must be kept above 10 °C (50 °F), so in temperate regions is grown under glass. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

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References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. "RHS Plant Selector - Parodia magnifica". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
Golden flowers of parodia magnifica
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