Accession Data
Maihuenia patagonica
Common Name: Chupa Sangre, Siempre Verde, Yerba del Guanaco
Family: Cactaceae
Country of Origin: Mendoza, Argentina
Description: Cushion plant with diminutive cylindrical leaves, taproot.
Accession Data
Accession #: 200800162
Accession Date: 2008-10-06 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2215
Quantity: 1
Source: Mesa Gardens (seed)
Provenance: Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
SubFamily: Maihuenioideae
References
- Anderson, E.F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press 2001
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
- Maihuenia patagonica in GBIF. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
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