Echinopsis spachiana

Taxobox
name = "Echinopsis spachiana"

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image_caption = "E. spachiana" flower
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
genus = "Echinopsis"
species = "E. spachiana"
binomial = "Echinopsis spachiana"
binomial_authority = (Lem.) Friedrich & G. D. Rowley [cite web
url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?448434
title=Echinopsis spachiana information from NPGS/GRIN
publisher=www.ars-grin.gov
accessdate=2008-03-26
last=
first=]

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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