Parodia chrysacanthion

Parodia chrysacanthion
	In bloom
	A puffier specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Parodia
Species:	P. chrysacanthion
Binomial name
	Parodia chrysacanthion; (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Synonyms
	List Bolivicactus saint-pieanus (Backeb.) Doweld; Echinocactus chrysacanthion K.Schum.; Gymnocalycium chrysacanthion (K.Schum.) H.Blossf.; Parodia saint-pieana Backeb.; ;

Parodia chrysacanthion, the golden powder puff, is a species of cactus in the genus Parodia, native to northwest Argentina.^[1]^[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

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