English:
Hedgehog cactus; Sea-urchin cactus; Easter lily cactus.
Name: from echinos, hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis appearance.
Region: South Americs; South Brazil, Uruguay, northern Argentina
Genus: 128 species; large and treelike and small globose cacti; Echinopsischamaecereus, is small and known as the peanut cactus.
BotanyStem spherical, small, dumpy; ense coverings of robust spines; flowers large, beautiful, long tube, with sharply pointed lavender or white petals, with a fine faint scent.
Distinguished from Echinocactus by the length of the flower tube, the position of the flowers on the stem.
Distinguished from Cereus by the form and size of their stems, the position of the flowers on the stem.