Cactaceae
Chautle livingrock
Ariocarpus fissuratus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Ariocarpus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 龟甲牡丹, 连山, 龟甲岩牡丹, 连山牡丹, 連山牡丹
- Dutch
- Wratrozetcactus
- English
- Chautle livingrock, Chautle-living rock
- Lithuanian
- Akmeninis ariokarpas
- Persian
- آریوکارپوس فیساراتوس
- Spanish
- Biznaga peyotillo
- Swedish
- Rynkig myrkottskaktus, Anahalonium engelmannii
- Ukrainian
- Аріокарпус тріщинуватий
Synonyms
- Anhalonium engelmannii Lem.
- Anhalonium fissuratum (Engelm.) Engelm.
- Ariocarpus fissuratus f. intermedius (Backeb. & Kilian) Batov
- Ariocarpus fissuratus f. minor hort. ex Batov
- Ariocarpus fissuratus subsp. fissuratus
- Ariocarpus fissuratus subsp. lloydii (Rose) U.Guzmán
- Ariocarpus fissuratus subsp. pailanus Halda
- Ariocarpus fissuratus var. fissuratus
- Ariocarpus fissuratus var. lloydii (Rose) W.T.Marshall
- Ariocarpus fissuratus var. pailanus (Halda) Batov
- Ariocarpus lloydii Rose
- Ariocarpus lloydii var. mayor Frič
- Mammillaria fissurata Engelm.
- Roseocactus fissurams A.Berger
- Roseocactus fissuratus (Engelm.) A.Berger
- Roseocactus intermedius Backeb. & Kilian
- Roseocactus lloydii (Rose) A.Berger
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.