Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose is a plant in the Cactaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Copiapoa echinoides is a small ribbed cactus that produces pale-yellow flowers in summer.

Family
Genus
Copiapoa
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Copiapoa echinoides can grow up to 15 centimeters (6 inches) in height. Its stem is ribbed and takes a flattened spherical shape, and it bears spines that are 3 centimeters (1.2 inches) long. In summer, this plant produces pale-yellow flowers that measure 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) long.

Photo: (c) Mónica Soto Barahona, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mónica Soto Barahona · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Cactaceae Copiapoa

More from Cactaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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