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Astrophytum capricorne

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Astrophytum capricorne, known as the goat horn cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the Coahuila region of northern Mexico. It grows to about 50 centimeters tall and 10 centimeters wide in a ball or oval shape, is grey-green in color with seven to nine prominent ribs and very long twisted spines, and produces yellow flowers with a red center in summer.

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