Xerophyte

Habit

Solitary at first, later forming low clumps with few to several stems.

Central Spines

Several, often forming a cross, hooked or strongly curved, at least one to 8 cm long.

Description

Echinopsis sanguinifloraSN|26075]]SN|26075]] (more often listed under its old name Lobivia sanguinifloraSN|26076]]SN|26076]]) is a small cactus with blood-red flowers mostly with whitish throats, sometimes not.

Roots

It has thick carrotlike taproots.

Flowers

Diurnal, funnel shaped, rising from the basal tubercles on the side of the plant, blood-red, often with whitish throats, to 5 cm long.

Blooming Season

It flowers in mid spring on into summer and remain open for about three days. Sometimes it blooms profusely, especially on older plants.

Ribs

18, spiraling, obliquely notched. Spines dark at first, sometimes reddish below, becoming gray with age.

Stem

Flattened globose to globose, light to dark green, to 10 cm high and in diameter.

Radial Spines

About 10, flattened against the stem surface or radiating, 0.8-1.5 cm long.

Areoles

Nearly circular white, felted.