Cactaceae
Astrophytum caput-medusae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Astrophytum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- صبار نجمي رأس المدوسة
- arz
- صبار نجمى راس المدوسه
- Chinese
- 美杜莎, 魔头玉
- Estonian
- Meduus-tähtkaktus
- Persian
- کاکتوس سر مدوسا
- Russian
- Астрофитум голова-медузы, Дигитостигма капут-медуза
- Swedish
- Medusakaktus
Synonyms
- Digitostigma caput-medusae Velazco & Nevárez
Photos
Photo: Florentin Guitton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kaktus855, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Resenter1 from Roma, Italia, CC BY 2.0, 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). About our plant data.