Eriosyce paucicostata, the few-ribbed neoporteria, is a species of cactus in the genus Eriosyce, native to southwest Antofagasta in northern Chile. As its synonym Neoporteria paucicostata it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eriosyce paucicostata being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eriosyce kunzei
- Eriosyce limariensis
- Eriosyce heinrichiana
- Copiapoa megarhiza
- Eriosyce eriosyzoides
- Copiapoa humilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Eriosyce
- Species
- Eriosyce paucicostata
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