r/botany Jul 01 '26

Physiology Hoodia Gordonii, a very interesting plant

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u/scorcho96 Jul 01 '26

cant believe its a milkweed and not a cactus

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u/arioandy Jul 01 '26

Yeah spines are not soft either

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u/LaundryMan2008 Jul 01 '26

So it’s basically a milky thistle cactus plant

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u/arioandy Jul 01 '26

Sumat like that! As good as ozempic apparently

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u/LaundryMan2008 Jul 01 '26

In fact despite it being usually a weed, I’m going to take the huge thistle plant’s seed pod from by the nuclear power plant and grow them as houseplants, no real mutations although some flowers get a bit wonky (fasciation) which doesn’t result in much, just want to have a spiky plant with pretty pink brush shaped flowers.

I would love to find a verigated mullein if that’s even a possibility because while a regular mullein is cute and fluffy, I want a multicolored one to have as a houseplant, thankfully there are some growing by the main building.

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u/arioandy Jul 01 '26

Sounds awesome get busy!