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Lobivia chrysochete
Echinopsis chrysochete, synonyms including Lobivia chrysochete, is a species of Echinopsis found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina.
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Description
Echinopsis chrysochete grows singly or forms groups. The flattened, spherical to spherical, green shoots have a diameter of up to 25 centimeters. There are around 20 slightly crooked ribs that are humps. The yellow to brownish thorns that emerge from the areoles are thin and bristle-like. The three to five central spines are up to 8 centimeters long. The number of marginal spines is up to approximately 30. The broad and short funnel-shaped flowers are shiny orange to red and have a whitish throat. The flowers reach a diameter of 2.5 to 4 centimeters.
Range & habitat
Echinopsis chrysochete is distributed in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca, Tarija and possibly Potosí as well as the Argentine provinces of Jujuy and Salta at altitudes of 2500 to 4000 meters.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 869997.