Echinopsis spachiana, synonyms including Soehrensia spachiana and Trichocereus spachianus, commonly known as the golden torch, (white) torch cactus or golden column, is a species of cactus native to South America. It is commonly cultivated as a pot or rockery plant worldwide. It has a columnar habit, with a lime-green cylindrical body with 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long golden spines.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Torch 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 vollianus
- Trichocereus schickendantzii
- Cleistocactus parviflorus
- Coleocephalocereus fluminensis
- Trichocereus huascha
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Trichocereus
- Species
- Trichocereus spachianus
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