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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Echinopsis purpureopilosa
I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 97 (1974)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinopsis purpureopilosa
Author
(Weing.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Chinese genus
仙人球属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Colony forming with branches from below, stems erect or semi-prostrate and ascending.
Central Spines
4(-5), forming a cross, lower one stronger often curving downward, 27-30 mm long.
Flowers
Funnel-shaped, very large, white with a pink sheen, 20-24 cm long.
Spines
Stiff, sharp, light horn coloured, carmine and thickened below.
Ribs
about 12 (bat varying from 9 to 15), low, rounded, slightly notched below the areoles, which are to 1 to 1,2 cm apart.
Stem
Cylindrical, 30-50 (or more) cm tall, glossy grass green, 6 to 8 cm. thick.
Radial Spines
10-20, shorter 6-9 mm long.