Gymnocalycium schickendantzii
A flat-globular, strongly spined Gymnocalycium found widely across the dry Chaco and Monte scrub of northwest and central Argentina. It has hot, wet summers and cool, dry winters, and often grows in the partial shade of shrubs. It is a tough, reliable plant if kept dry in winter.
Where it grows wild
Dry chaco woodland, Monte scrub and rocky foothills, usually among grasses or under shrubs that give some shade. This comes from the genus and the spread of the records, at low to mid elevations.
The records span roughly 200 to 1,400 m.
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