Echinopsis macrogona, synonym Trichocereus macrogonus, is a species of cactus found in Bolivia and Peru. Echinopsis macrogona is one of a number of similar species that may be called San Pedro cactus and is also known as the Peruvian torch cactus. Indigenous names include achuma and huachuma, although these too may be applied to similar species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sacred Column Cactus 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
- Trichocereus bridgesii
- Lophocereus marginatus
- Polaskia chichipe
- Stenocereus pruinosus
- Cereus hildmannianus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Trichocereus
- Species
- Trichocereus macrogonus
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