Echinopsis oxygona
Echinopsis oxygona (Link) Zucc. ex Pfeiff. & Otto
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 28 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Cactaceae
Formerly Cereus decaisneanus, Cereus eyriesii, Cereus jasmineus, Cereus multiplex, and 45 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Brazil to NE. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 25 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 短毛丸, 旺盛丸, 花盛丸
- Afrikaans
- Nagblom
- Swedish
- Kökssjöborrekaktus
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3D model: Echinopsis oxygona (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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