| Weingartia purpurea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Weingartia |
| Species: | W. purpurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Weingartia purpurea Donald & A.B.Lau | |
Weingartia purpurea is a species of cactus native to Bolivia. [1]
Plants are usually solitary, with a chance of clustering. Turbicles have spines that can vary from sliverwhitish to brown. This plant has a turbicle root, leaving them prone to rotting in cultivation when there is too much water or insufficient airflow.
Flowers are typically in a "crown" like most Rebutias. Small magenta flowers with many petals and yellow anthers and filament, with a white stigma [2]