Mila caespitosa
A small clumping columnar cactus from the dry western slopes and coastal lomas of central Peru. It forms low mats of short stems on rocky ground in full sun and wants a warm, bright, mostly dry life with a cooler, drier rest in the southern winter.
Where it grows wild
Rocky slopes, gravelly hillsides and fog-influenced lomas on the Pacific side of the Andes, among sparse scrub and other cacti.
Recorded from about 230 m to 3,250 m, with most records low on the coastal slopes around 500 m.
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