WorldFloraDB - Astrophytum asterias

Characteristics

Plants flat-topped and usually flush with soil surface, or at most, above-ground portion low, dome-shaped. Stems shiny, sparsely speckled by bright white extra-areolar hair tufts 0.5-1 mm diam.; ribs usually 8, straight, very low, nearly flat or rounded; areoles 3-5 mm diam., with yellow or gray wool. Flowers opening widely, externally long woolly; inner tepals lanceolate, acuminate. 2n = 22.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.3 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.18 - 0.2

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

cam

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Astrophytum asterias unspecified picture

Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	-
WFO ID	wfo-0000555029
COL ID	687TZ
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Astrophytum asterias Echinocactus asterias Astrophytum asterias var. magnipunctatum Astrophytum asterias var. multipunctatum Astrophytum asterias var. nudicarpa Astrophytum asterias var. nudum Astrophytum asterias var. pubescente Astrophytum asterias var. roseiflorum Astrophytum asterias var. seminudum Echinocactus asterias var. nudus

WorldFloraDB 2024

Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.

Star peyote (en), Cactus oursin (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Astrophytum