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Endangered
CITES App. II
Echinopsis pulchella var. flore kermesina
1846:364 pro syn. = Echinocereus amoenus
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinopsis pulchella var. flore kermesina
Author
Haage ex Förster
Chinese genus
仙人球属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Solitary or slowly clumping
Roots
It has a strong taproot.
Note
Many of the plants usually known in cultivation as "Echinocereus amoenusSN|12902]]SN|8591]]" are instead a form of Echinocereus weinbergiiSN|8591]]SN|12902]].
Flowers
Abundant pink or purple/red (rarely white) flowers, up to 6 cm in diameter.
Ribs
9 to 13;
Stem
Flat globular up to 6 cm (but cultivated plants are frequently higher), 5-7cm in diameter, bluish green when young;
Areoles
5 to7 mm inch apart; 3 to 7 pale yellowish spines.