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Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific Name:
Eriosyce villosa fa. polyraphys
Origin:Totoral Bajo to Carrizallilo, Huasco,
Atacama, Chile
Conservation status: Listed in
CITES Appendix II
Synonyms:
- Eriosyce villosa
(Monville) Kattermann 1994
- Echinocactus polyraphis Pfeiffer
ex Salm-Dick 1950
- Neoporteria polyraphis (Pfeiff.
ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb. 1951
- Neoporteria villosa fa polyraphis
- Chileniopsis polyraphis (Pfeiffer
ex Salm-Dick) Backeberg 1935
- Bridgesia polyraphis,
Description:
The
Eriosyce villosa is a small solitary cactus densely folded by
bristly spines.
Stem: Subglobose to Globose becoming elongated, green or very
dark green (almost black) or dark red, up to 15 cm tall, 8 cm in
diameter.
Roots: Large tuberose tap-root.
Ribs: 13-15 Deeply notched between areoles.
Spines: ± dense, long, glassy gold-brownish to black
central spines with thin bristle like grey radials, the number of spines
(especially the bristly radials) is quite variable.
Flowers: Bright magenta, borne on young areoles, 2-2,5 cm in
diameter, Pericarpels and floral tubes with long wool and gassy white
bristles.
Blooming time: Blooms early in the year. Occasionally forms some
buds late in the previous year, and it can sometimes flower during the
winter, although the main burst of flowering is in April.
Fruits: Elongate, red, dehiscing by basal pores.
Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and
cultivars of Eriosyce villosa.

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