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Echinopsis spachiana
E. spachiana flower
E. spachiana flower
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinopsis
Species: E. spachiana

Binomial name
Echinopsis spachiana
(Lem.) Friedrich & G. D. Rowley

Synonyms
*Trichocereus spachianus
Lem.

Echinopsis spachiana is a species of cactus native to South America. Commonly cultivated as a pot- or rockery plant around the world, it has a lime green body with 1-2 cm long golden spines. It exhibits a columnar habit.

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