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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