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Echinopsis formosa, synonym Soehrensia formosa, is a species of Echinopsis found in north-western Argentina, Bolivia and northern Chile.
Echinopsis formosa is native to north-western Argentina, Bolivia and northern Chile. It is widespread in the Bolivian department of Tarija, in the Argentine provinces of Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza as well as in the adjacent northeast of Chile in the high altitudes of the Andes of up to over 4,000 m (13,000 ft) altitude.
Echinopsis angelesiae · Echinopsis arboricola · Echinopsis candicans · Echinopsis caulescens · Echinopsis crassicaulis · Echinopsis friedrichii · Echinopsis hahniana · Echinopsis huascha · Echinopsis quadratiumbonata · Echinopsis sandiensis · Torch Cactus · Echinopsis serpentina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinopsis formosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
