Neolloydia matehualensis
A small clustering cactus from the Chihuahuan Desert around Matehuala in San Luis Potosí, often treated as a form of Neolloydia conoidea. It needs bright light, a hot summer with modest rain, and a dry, cool winter on a gritty limestone mix.
Where it grows wild
Assumed from the genus: limestone hills and gravelly flats in desert scrub, often growing among rocks or at the base of low shrubs that give light shade.
Recorded at about 1100-1470 m on the high plateau near Matehuala.
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