How tall does Leuchtenbergia grow?
Leuchtenbergia principis is the sole species of the genus Leuchtenbergia. It is a very slow-growing cactus with a cylindrical stem and long, slender tubercles. The stem becomes bare and corky at the base with age. It grows up to 28 inches (70 cm) tall.
Is Leuchtenbergia principis a cactus?
Leuchtenbergia principis is the sole species of the genus Leuchtenbergia. It is a very slow-growing cactus with a cylindrical stem and long, slender tubercles. The stem becomes bare and corky at the base with age.
Who are the Schwarzburgs of Schwarzburg?
Schwarzburg was one of the oldest noble families of Thuringia. Upon the death of Prince Friedrich Günther in 1971, a claim to the headship of the house passed under Semi-Salic primogeniture to his elder sister, Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg who married Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels.
What is the history of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt?
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands. Since the 11th century, the ancestral seat of the comital family had been at Schwarzburg Castle, though after 1340, for most of its existence as a polity had the capital at the larger town of Rudolstadt.