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Cactus villosus Monv.
Hort. Universel i. 223 (1839)
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Eriosyce villosa (Monv.) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 119 (1994)

Cactus villosus (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
It is a very heavy and constant bloomer with outstanding colour, easy grower.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce villosa (Monv.) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 119 (1994)
Synonymy: 24
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Quisco Peludo

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Eriosyce villosa group

  • Eriosyce villosa (Monv.) Katt.: Small solitary cactus 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.
  • Neoporteria polyraphis (Pfeiff. ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb.: This plant is now considered nothing else than Eriosyce villosa, but the plants in cultivation are not exactly the same, the spines are a little shorter and the flowers are a bit more pointed.
  • Neoporteria villosa var. laniceps (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.: has brownish-green body with long thin straw-coloured to brown spines producing a bird's nest effect. The inner petals remain upright around the style. Distribution: Carrizal Bajo, 03 Atacama, Chile.

26272 carolina Carolina González
Mature specimen at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Carolina González
18698 Ilham Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
Cactus villosus (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov

2913 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus villosus (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
27970 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Cactus villosus (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger

26273 carolina Carolina González
Habit at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Carolina González
2914 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus villosus (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

26271 carolina Carolina González
Juvenile specimen at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Carolina González
2917 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cactus villosus (Eriosyce villosa) Photo by: Cactus Art

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