Copiapoa echinoides

Short description: Species of plant

Copiapoa echinoides

Copiapoa echinoides cv. 'Dura'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Cactaceae
Subfamily:  | Cactoideae
Genus:  | Copiapoa
Species:  |

C. echinoides

Binomial name
Copiapoa echinoides

Britton & Rose

Synonyms

Copiapoa cuprea
Copiapoa cupreata
Copiapoa dura
Echinocactus cupreatus
Echinocactus echinoides

Copiapoa echinoides is a species of cactus in South America.

The species is native to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile .

## Description

Copiapoa echinoides grows to a height of up to 15 cm (6 in). The stem is ribbed and has a flattened spherical shape with 3 cm (1.2 in) long spines.

The plant bears 4 cm (1.6 in) long pale-yellow flowers in summer.

## References

* "Copiapoa echinoides". Copiapoa - Living on the Edge. http://www.copiapoa.info/taxa/echinoides.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
* Brickell, Christopher (1996). Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers. Colour Library Books. p. 443. ISBN 1-85833-472-1.

Wikidata ☰ Q289057 entry

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