Eriosyce villosa

Description

Eriosyce villosa is a species of plant in the genus Eriosyce of the cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet villosa means 'shaggy hair, plenty of shaggy hair'. Eriosyce villosa initially grows with almost spherical to spherical, later elongated shoots and reaches a diameter of 4 to 10 centimeters. The root is a large, bulbous taproot. There are 13 to 15 ribs that are deeply notched. The mostly hair-like, brown to black spines are usually mixed with a few stiff and needle-like ones. The four to twelve central spines are usually stiff, but sometimes soft and flexible. They are 2 to 2.8 centimeters long. The twelve to 20 radial spines are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long. The crimson flowers appear from young areoles and have a diameter of 2 to 2.3 centimeters. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with long wool and glassy white bristles. The elongated, red fruits open with a basal pore. Eriosyce villosa is distributed in the south of the Chilean Atacama region. The first description as Cactus villosus was in 1839 by Hippolyte Boissel de Monville. Fred Kattermann placed them in the genus Eriosyce in 1994. Other nomenclatural synonyms are Echinocactus villosus (Monv.) Labour. (1853), Neoporteria villosa (Monv.) A. Berger (1929), Bridgesia villosa (Monv.) Backeb. (1935), Chileniopsis villosa (Monv.) Backeb. (1936) and Euporteria villosa (Monv.) cross. & Building (1941). In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.