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Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: Up to 2 feet or more
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Endangered
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Common names
  • Yellow Tower
  • Lemon Ball
  • Golden Ball
  • Tuna
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Parodia lenninghausii
  • Synonym: Notocactus lenninghausii
  • Synonym: Eriocactus lenninghausii

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-15
Parodia leninghausii - I've seen external evidence of annual grow
Uploaded by Plantomaniac08
Location: Baja California
Date: 2018-02-15
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2019-01-18
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Date: 2017-07-27
Location: North central Texas
Date: 2019-06-11
In full bloom
Location: Baja California
Date: 2016-04-26
Location: Botanical Garden of Bochum
Date: 2015-08-13
Parodia leninghausii - BG Bochum
Location: Botanical Garden of Delft
Date: 2015-09-24
Location: Green Spring Gardens, Alexandria, Virginia, US
Date: 2017-11-02
Lemon ball cactus (Parodia leninghausii). Called Golden ball cact

Date: 2016-11-24
Location: North central Texas
Date: 2019-06-11
Buds a few hours before opening
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-02-22
Clusters of long golden spines of Parodia leninghausii rise above
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2010-04-18
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26

Date: 2014-03-24
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-25
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2010-04-18

Date: 2020-01-21
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-10-10
Location: Poland. From my collection.
Date: 2016-02-04
Parodia leninghausii cv. longispina
Location: Botanical Garden of Delft
Date: 2011-03-02
Location: Botanical Garden of Delft
Date: 2011-03-02
Location: Botanical Garden La Concepcion - Malaga
Date: 2015-03-25
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2016-04-25
For sale at Lowe's
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-10-10
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-10-10

Date: 2016-12-02
Uploaded by Dutchlady1
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2008-03-07
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-10-10

credit: Prenn

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Baja California
Date: 2024-07-19
Basal branching in old age, 10 inch pot
Location: Pinya del Rosa Botanical garden
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2010-04-18

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Feb 19, 2018 12:07 PM concerning plant:
    Yellow-spined cylindrical cactus (only a ball in its youth) from subtropical Brazil, with green stems and yellow flowers. May be solitary or branching, to about 2 feet tall and 3-4 inches wide. Basal branching is more likely to occur late in life. About 30-35 ribs; areoles closely spaced; spines relatively fine and flexible. One of the most common Parodias in cultivation. Previously and apparently erroneously called P. leninghausii (one less "n").
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