Echinopsis huascha

Echinopsis huascha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Echinopsis
Species:	E. huascha
Binomial name
Echinopsis huascha (F.A.C. Weber) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley

Echinopsis huascha, is a species of Echinopsis found in Argentina.^[1]

Description[]

The plants usually branch at the base and form low groups with heights of up to 1 meter. The cylindrical, fresh green, upright or creeping trunks with an erect shoot tip have 14 to 17 ribs and reach about 5 centimeters in diameter. The areoles, from which the yellowish to brownish, needle-like thorns arise, reach a diameter of up to 1 centimeter. The 1 to 3 central spines are slightly thicker than the radial spines and are between 2 and 7 centimeters long. The 9 to 11 radial spines are up to 1.5 inches long.

The funnel-shaped to bell-shaped flowers that appear near the apex are very variable. They open during the day and are up to 10 centimeters long and up to 7 centimeters in diameter. The olive green, 4.5 centimeter long flower cup is covered with 4 to 6 millimeter long, brownish to black hair.

The spherical to egg-shaped fruits are yellowish green or reddish and reach a diameter of up to 3 centimeters.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Echinopsis huascha at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Echinopsis huascha at Wikispecies