Xerophyte

Note

W. Rausch, Lobivia 1985, consider this taxon an extreme form of Lobivia hertrichianaSN|9510]]SN|32675]] (Echinopsis hertrichianaSN|9509]]SN|32674]]) distinguished by the harder long spines.

Flowers

About 3-4 cm long and wide (occasionally larger), bright purple to liliac or violet with a white throat. Pistil and stamens pink to red violet. Flower colour, as elsewhere in the genus is quite variable.

Stem

Up to about 6 cm in diameter with straight ribs. Usually solitary but in age it may offsets forming small clump up to 20 cm in diameter.

Fruits

About 1 cm wide, drying at maturity with relatively large seeds.