Seven-needles plant

Pereskia sacharosa, synonym Rhodocactus sacharosa, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native from Bolivia and west-central Brazil to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Like all species in the genus Pereskia and unlike most cacti, it has persistent leaves. It was first described in 1879.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Seven-needles plant 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

• Leuenbergeria quisqueyana
• Leuenbergeria guamacho
• Pereskiopsis diguetii
• Pereskiopsis rotundifolia
• Leuenbergeria lychnidiflora
• Pereskia grandifolia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Pereskia

Species

Pereskia sacharosa

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