Moon cactus
ജിമ്നോകാലിസിയം മിഹാനോവിച്ചി
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (Frič & Gürke) Britton & Rose
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 6 cm
- wide
- 6 cm
Cactaceae
Formerly Echinocactus mihanovichii
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Paraguay to Argentina (Chaco, Formosa)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 5 cm to 8 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 5 cm to 8 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, pink, green, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Japanese
- ヒボタン
- Chinese (China)
- 红瑞云
- Finnish
- mansikkapallerokaktus
- Slovak
- pavúkovec Mihanovichov
- Turkish
- Renkli Kaktüs
- Chinese
- 瑞云丸, 瑞云裸萼球, 红瑞云
- Malayalam
- ജിമ്നോകാലിസിയം മിഹാനോവിച്ചി
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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