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Punotia lagopus
Punotia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae. The only species is Punotia lagopus.
From the article Punotia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Punotia lagopus grows in dense, large cushions up to over 1 meter in diameter and 60 centimeters high. Its short, cylindrical, bumpy, and densely hairy shoots can reach up to 25 centimeters or more, sometimes shorter and spherical. Fine hairs up to 2 centimeters long emerge from the areoles in a single row. Sparse, white, slightly sloping glochids are 1 to 1.5 centimeters long. Leaf rudiments, up to 7 millimeters long, are hidden among the hairs. A single yellow spine is 2 to 2.5 centimeters long. The golden yellow flowers are 2 to 3 centimeters long, with hairy pericarpels towards the tip. The egg-shaped, thin-walled fruits are light yellow-green before ripening to light pink.
Range & habitat
The species is found in the highlands of Peru in the region of Puno around Imata and Macusani to the department of La Paz in Bolivia, growing in humid grasslands at altitudes of 4100 to 4700 meters.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 871056.