Cactaceae

Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Copiapoa

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Copiapoa echinoides (Copiapoa echinoides) — FlowerPhoto: Fabián Nieto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 妖鬼丸
Spanish: Duro
Swedish: Brun randkaktus
Ukrainian: Коп'япоа ехіноїдес, Коп'япоа їжаковидна

Synonyms

Copiapoa bridgesii (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Copiapoa cuprea F.Ritter
Copiapoa cupreata (Poselg. ex Rümpler) Backeb.
Copiapoa dura F.Ritter
Copiapoa echinoides var. cuprea (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Copiapoa griseoviolacea I.Schaub & Keim
Copiapoa marginata var. bridgesii (Pfeiff.) A.E.Hoffm.
Echinocactus bridgesii Pfeiff.
Echinocactus cupreatus Poselg. ex Rümpler
Echinocactus echinoides Lem. ex Salm-Dyck
Echinocactus salm-dyckianus Pfeiff.
Hildmannia cupreata (Poselg. ex Rümpler) Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria tuberisulcata var. cupreata (Poselg. ex Rümpler) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Flowers

In flower: September to October (from 69 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Fabián Nieto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Carl Howard-Morton, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Fabián Nieto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Carl Howard-Morton, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: CATALINA ALEJANDRA HERMOSILLA OSSANDON, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Álvaro Parra Valdivia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Süleyman Demir, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Álvaro Parra Valdivia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Álvaro Parra Valdivia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.