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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Peyotl xochimilcensis
Historia Plantarum Novae Hispaniae Liber 15: 70 (1790). Nom. Inval. see Art. 42.1 ICBN (2000) (= genus Cacalia - Composite)
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Description
This plant bearing velvety tubers is not a cactus but a species of the genus Cacalia of the Asteraceae (Composite), daisy family.It belongs to the section Senecioncae, which includes Arnica, Tussilago, and other medicinal plants and is endemic in the neighborhood of Xochimileo, in the valley of Mexico.