Echinopsis mamillosa var. histrichoides

Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinopsis mamillosa var. histrichoides

Lobivia 2: 88, basionym unpubl. 1975

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Echinopsis

Species

Echinopsis mamillosa var. histrichoides

Author

(F.Ritter) Rausch

Chinese genus

仙人球属

Chinese name

Primary

Echinopsis hystrichoides

Accepted

Echinopsis hystrichoides

DescriptionEdit description

Central Spines

4-10, straight or curved, 2.5-6 cm long.

Description

Usually solitary globular cactus, up to 18 cm in diameter.

Flowers

Nocturnal, broad funnelform, white to pink, up to 19 cm long.

Spines

Light yellow to dark brown.

Ribs

16-21, sharply notched, to 1.8 cm high

Stem

Flattened globose, green, 12-18 cm in diameter

Radial Spines

12-20, needle-like, 1.5-4 cm long.

Fruits

Green, to 4 cm long and 3 cm in diameter.

Areoles

Sunken, whitish, to 2 cm apart.

Endangered

CITES App. II