Cactaceae
Sanddollar
Astrophytum asterias
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Astrophytum
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- صبار نجمي أبيض
- arz
- صبار نجمى ابيض
- Bulgarian
- Звездовиден астрофитум
- Catalan
- Cactus Oursin
- Chinese
- 星叶球, 星葉球, 星冠, 星球, 有星
- Dutch
- Zeestercactus
- English
- Sanddollar, Star cactus, Sand dollar cactus, Sea urchin cactus, Seaurchin starcactus, Star peyote
- Estonian
- Pisi-tähtkaktus
- Finnish
- Korupiispanhattu
- French
- Cactus Oursin
- German
- Cactus Oursin
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis žvaigždinas, Cactus Oursin
- Persian
- کاکتوس ستارهای
- Russian
- Астрофитум звёздчатый, Астрофитум астериас
- Slovak
- Astrofyt ježovkový
- Spanish
- Biznaga-algononcillo de Estrella
- Swedish
- Sjöstjärnekaktus, Stjärnkaktus, Cactus Oursin
Synonyms
- Astrophytum asterias var. magnipunctatum Frič
- Astrophytum asterias var. multipunctatum Frič
- Astrophytum asterias var. nudicarpa Frič
- Astrophytum asterias var. nudum Y.Itô
- Astrophytum asterias var. pubescente Y.Itô
- Astrophytum asterias var. roseiflorum Frič
- Astrophytum asterias var. seminudum Frič
- Echinocactus asterias Zucc.
- Echinocactus asterias var. nudus H.Moeller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.