Austrocylindropuntia vestita
Species of cactus
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Austrocylindropuntia vestita, also known as old man opuntia, cotton pole and cotton coral cactus,[3] is a species of Austrocylindropuntia that grows in high altitude grasslands on rocky soils in northwest Argentina and Bolivia. It is a slender columnar green cacti covered with white hairs.
| Austrocylindropuntia vestita | |
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| Astrocylindropuntia vestita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Austrocylindropuntia |
| Species: | A. vestita |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrocylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.[2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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