Parodia chrysacanthion

Parodia chrysacanthion, the golden powder puff, is a species of cactus in the genus Parodia, native to northwest Argentina.^[1][2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

Parodia chrysacanthion
In bloom
A puffier specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Parodia
Species:	P. chrysacanthion
Binomial name
Parodia chrysacanthion (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Synonyms[1]
List Bolivicactus saint-pieanus (Backeb.) Doweld Echinocactus chrysacanthion K.Schum. Gymnocalycium chrysacanthion (K.Schum.) H.Blossf. Parodia saint-pieana Backeb.