Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. tessellatus Cactus Plant Sunlight_shsu_c Grown and widely distributed as

Grown and widely distributed as an ornamental bonsai plant

and for its spectacular

Hidden beneath the white hairs are distinctive yellow to reddish hooked spines that add texture and character to its compact globular stems

the source of cardamom spice

Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. tessellatus Cactus Plant Sunlight_shsu_c Grown and widely distributed asBorzicactus fieldianus Family Cactacaea Native Australia Description Cleistocactus fieldianus is a stout, shrubby, columnar cactus, that typically grows up to 3 to 6 meters high. It has small, spiny leaves and white, four petalled flowers. The plant has several rounded cylindrical, slender ascending, later decumbent, prostrate or pendent, lime green, 90 150 m long and 5 cm in diameter and many ribbed. The ribs are 14 17, low, rounded up to 2 mm high