Cotton ball cactus (Espostoa lanata)
Description
Espostoa lanata is a columnar cactus. It looks like Cephalocereus senilis (the Old Man of Mexico) : it is a densely hairy species, covered by a warm woolly coat and well adapted to high altitudes. The main difference is the presence of sharp spines on Espostoa. It is wide spread in its habitat and quite variable in size and spines, and for this reason it has received several names.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Espostoa
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