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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Echinopsis rhodotricha var. brevispina
Kakteen Südamerika 1: 263. 1979
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinopsis rhodotricha var. brevispina
Author
F.Ritter
Chinese genus
仙人球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Absent or 1, rarely 2-3, 10-20 mm long (10-50 mm long in var. rhodotricha).
Seeds
Without striking differences.
Ribs
Vertical, very acute, crenate (clearly notched) 20-30 mm hight.
Stem
Elongated 30-40 cm tall (up to 1.5 metres tall in var. rhodotricha)
Radial Spines
2-8, subulate, 4-15 mm long (30-30 mm long in var. rhodotricha)
Fruits
Red, with white woolly hair (hairs brownish-red in var. rhodotricha).
Areoles
3-7 mm long, sunk in the ribs and bearing less felt.