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Peanut cactus

Peanut cactus
Description

Echinopsis chamaecereus is a cactus species native to the Andes Mountains in South America. It is a small, clumping cactus that produces numerous offsets, forming a low mound of stems. The stems are cylindrical, bright green, and covered in dense white spines. In spring, it produces large, showy flowers in shades of pink, red, orange, and yellow.

Taxonomic tree
Kingdom:Plantae
Subkingdom:Tracheobionta
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Subclass:Caryophyllidae
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Echinopsis

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