Size: Up to 12 feet tall (3.6 m)
Min. Temperature: 11°F (-12°C)
Water Requirements: Regular water
Sun Requirements: Light shade
Origin: Argentina
Leaf: Palmate, Glaucous blue green. Very stiff, ending in spines, 12-18 inches in diameter.
Trunk: Clustering covered with spines, remnants of the leaf sheaths, 9-10 inches in diameter (25 cm).
Flower: Flower stalk coming from among the leaves, much longer than the leaves.
Fruit: 0.75 inch in diameter(2 cm). round.
Seed: 0.5 inch in diameter (1.2 cm). round.

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