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Copiapoa hypogaea is a small, mostly buried cactus from the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, grown for its wrinkled grey-brown body. The key to growing it is strong sun, very little water and a gritty, fast-draining mix.
Copiapoa hypogaea, the underground copiapoa, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to northern Chile. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Copiapoa atacamensis · Copiapoa cinerea · Copiapoa coquimbana · Copiapoa echinoides · Copiapoa gigantea · Copiapoa marginata · Copiapoa megarhiza · Copiapoa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Copiapoa hypogaea 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.
