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Brachycereus nesioticus
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The lava cactus is a species of cactus, Brachycereus nesioticus, the sole species of the genus Brachycereus. The plant is a colonizer of lava fields – hence its common name – where it forms spiny clumps up to 60 cm (24 in) tall. Its solitary white or yellowish white flowers open in the daytime. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Brachycereus nesioticus
- Slug
- brachycereus-nesioticus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Brachycereus
- Species
- nesioticus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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