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Copiapoa echinoides is a small, slow-growing, flattened globular cactus from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, grown for its woolly crown and yellow flowers. The key to growing it is strong sun, very little water, and fast-draining soil.
Copiapoa echinoides is a species of cactus in South America.
The species is native to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Copiapoa echinoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
