Xerophyte

Description

Lobivia tiegeliana var. uriondoensis originally described by W. Rausch in 1979, is one of the many geographical or morphological form of Echinopsis tiegelianaSN|20965]]SN|20965]]. Many variants of {{E. tiegeliana were early classified as different independent species, form or varieties, but nowadays all this plants are considered part of a multiform species, where each form is linked to others by populations of plants with intermediate characteristics. Lobivia tiegeliana var. uriondoensis comes from the locality of Uriondo, in the Tarija province, Bolivia, hence the varietal name. It has distinctive dark pink-violet flowers up to 4 cm long and wide, fully open at anthesis. The stems are hemispherical with a large fleshy tap root. The spines are comb shaped quite flattened and slightly bent inward.