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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Echinopsis spachiana''
| image = Lightmatter cactusflower.jpg
| image_caption = ''E. spachiana'' flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Cactaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Echinopsis]]''
| species = '''''E. spachiana'''''
| binomial = ''Echinopsis spachiana''
| binomial_authority = (Lem.) Friedrich & G. D. Rowley
| synonyms =
*''Trichocereus spachianus''<br><small>Lem.</small>
}}
'''''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.
[[image:Cactus flower02.jpg|thumb|left]]
{{Caryophyllales-stub}}