Acanthocalycium violaceum SEEDS

Acanthocalycium violaceum seeds grow into the violet spiny-calyxed cactus — current taxonomy treats this as a synonym of Acanthocalycium spiniflorum, native to the desert and dry shrubland biome of northern Argentina. The epithet violaceum means 'violet' (from Latin), referring to the violet-purple flowers. Produces globose to columnar, ribbed, spiny bodies with violet-purple flowers. Cold-tolerant. Family Cactaceae.

Full sun; very well-drained, rocky soils; drought-tolerant; warm to cool arid conditions; cold-tolerant. Andean foothills of N Argentina.

• 'Violaceum' = violet (violet-purple flowers — distinctive colour within species); current taxonomy: syn. A. spiniflorum; N Argentina
• Globose to columnar; ribbed; spiny; violet-purple flowers; N Argentina; cold-tolerant; current taxonomy: syn. A. spiniflorum
• N Argentina — desert and dry shrubland biome; current taxonomy: synonym of A. spiniflorum
• Genus Acanthocalycium: 4 species; Bolivia to N Argentina; Family Cactaceae; Order Caryophyllales
• Full sun; well-drained rocky soils; drought-tolerant; warm to cool arid; cold-tolerant; violet flowers; Cactaceae

Acanthocalycium violaceum — the violet spiny-calyxed cactus — is treated by current taxonomy as a synonym of A. spiniflorum; its violet-purple flowers are characteristic.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.