ARIOCARPUS FISSURATUS

Author:
Karl Moritz Schumann, 1894
Family:
CACTACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
K. Schum. (1894). In: Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 3: 6 A. 195.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
20 Centimetres
Height:
5 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Mammillaria fissurata, Georg Engelmann, 1956.
Anhalonium fissuratum, Georg Engelmann.
Roseocactus fissuratus A.Berger,
Roseocactus intermedius Backeb.& Kilian.
Anhalonium engelmannii, K. Schumann.
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Ariocarpus fissuratus var. lloydii, W.T.Marshall.
Ariocarpus fissuratus subsp. lloydii, U.Guzmán.
Ariocarpus fissuratus subsp. pailanus, Halda.
Ariocarpus lloydii, Rose.
Ariocarpus lloydii var. mayor, Fric.
Roseocactus fissuratus, A.Berger.
Roseocactus lloydii, A.Berger.

This member of the Cactaceae family was described with this name by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1894.

It is found in Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little water and lots of sun. It can grow to twenty centimetres in diameter. The flowers are from pale pink to dark lilac.

The genera name from the ancient Greek aria (an oak type) and carpos; 'fruit' because of the resemblance of the fruit of the two genus in acorn form. The species name means 'grooved' referring to the roots.

Flower
Pinkly - Lilac
Soil
Mix
Water
Minimum
Sun
Maximum