Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is a species of columnar cacti in the genus Cleistocactus. The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cleistocactus hyalacanthus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cleistocactus buchtienii
- Cleistocactus strausii
- Pilosocereus aurisetus
- Loxanthocereus acanthurus
- Micranthocereus purpureus
- Trichocereus strigosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Cleistocactus
- Species
- Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
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