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Espostoa melanostele is a columnar cactus native to Peru, where it grows in dry Andean valleys and other arid habitats. Its upright stems are densely covered with white hairs and spines, which shade the plant surface and help moderate exposure to intense sunlight. Mature flowering stems develop a sp...

Pilosocereus royenii is a species of columnar cactus native to the Caribbean and parts of Central America. The plant is distinguished by its tall, tree-like structure and distinctive blue-green or glaucous stems, which are ribbed and feature spiny areoles. It develops a pseudocephalium, a dense, woo...

Echinocactus polycephalus, commonly called the cottontop cactus, is a barrel cactus native to desert areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including the Mojave and Sonoran regions. It commonly forms clusters of rounded or cylindrical stems armed with dense, stout spines. M...

Flannel flower is the common name for Actinotus helianthi, an Australian perennial in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to eastern Australia, especially New South Wales, and forms soft, grey-green foliage covered with fine hairs. White, woolly bracts surround each small flower head, creating...

The Saltmarsh caterpillar moth is a widespread North American tiger moth whose scientific name is Estigmene acrea. Its larvae are densely covered with long hairs and vary greatly in color, commonly showing combinations of black, brown, yellow, and orange. The caterpillars feed on many herbaceous pla...

Lactarius torminosus, the woolly milk cap, is a mycorrhizal milk-cap fungus associated especially with birch trees. It has a pinkish to tan cap with a shaggy, inrolled margin and releases acrid white latex when damaged, features that help distinguish it from related species. Eating it raw can cause...