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(First upload on April 19 2022. Last on November 29 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Echinocactus Link et Otto (タマサボテン) Kinshachi (キンシャチ, 金鯱), golden barrel cactus, golden ball, mother-in-law cushion, mother-in-law-seat Lifeform: evergreen, perennial forb < 1 m in height Distribution: central Mexico and southwestern USA

Habitat: on volcanic rocks on slopes at an altitude around 1400 m Flower: yellow on and around the crown Leaf: → spines Use: gardening

Echinocactus grusonii grown in a greenhouse

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[1] in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025. [2/3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.