Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber is a plant in the Cactaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber

Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber

Maihuenia poeppigii is a cactus that forms dense cushions, with small succulent leaves, yellow flowers, and small round yellow fruit.

Family
Genus
Maihuenia
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber

Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber is a species of cactus that grows in dense cushions, which are often made up of hundreds of individual segments. Its specific physical traits are as follows: it has small, succulent leaves. Its flowers are large, showy, satiny, and lemon-yellow, and it blooms in late spring. It produces small, round, yellow fruit.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Cactaceae Maihuenia

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

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