
Cactaceae FAMILY Least Concern
Echinopsis formosa
Echinopsis formosa
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Perennial
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Echinopsis+formosa>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]The Cactus Family — Anderson E.F. · Timber Press; Portland, Oregon · 2001 · ISBN 0-88192-498-9 ↩︎An excellent work, giving botanical descriptions of virtually all the cacti, together with their range (but not their habitats) and sometimes also a photo. it also contains a long chapter detailing the many uses of cacti and another on cultivation..
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [3]Ethnobotany of the Andes — Bussmann R.W. & Paniagua-Zambrana N.Y. (Editors) · Springer Nature; Switzerland · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28933-1 · ISBN 978-3-030-28932-4 ↩︎