Acanthocalycium spiniflorum is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae from Argentina.[1]
| Acanthocalycium spiniflorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Acanthocalycium |
| Species: | A. spiniflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthocalycium spiniflorum (K. Schum.) Backeb. 1935 | |
It produces many spines and, in summer, trumpet-shaped flowers which may be purple, pink or white.
Under its synonym Echinopsis spiniflora this plant has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Acanthocalycium spiniflorum |
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| Echinocactus spiniflorus |
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