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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Cactaceae (サボテン科) > Echinocactus grusonii
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-seatLifeform: 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 |
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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.