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Botanical Name: Trichocereus huascha
Common Name: Argentine Hedgehog
| Basics: |
| | Hardiness: | 10°F |
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| | Sun: | full sun, partial sun |
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| | Water: | low | | Growth: |
| Growth Rate: | moderate |
| | | Mature Size: | 2' height X 3' width |
| | | Mature Form: | clumping |
| Foliage: | | Evergreen | evergreen |
| | | Foliage Color: | medium green |
| | | Flowers: | | Flower Color | Orange and red, showy |
| | | Flower Season: | spring to summer |
| Comments: | | Litter: | low |
| | | Thorns: | yellow spines |
| | | Allergenic: | no |
| Special Features: | | Features: Some of the most spectacular flowers of all landscape cacti.
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| | | Native to: Argentina |
| | | Recently reclassified as Echinopsis huascha. |
| | | Look for selections that offer a wide range of flower colors. |
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Photo: Scott Millard
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