Found by Ralph Martin on the road between Iscayachi and San Antonio, Bolivia, at an altitude of 3500m.

Found by Vaslav Šeda at Abra de Sama, Tarija, Bolivia, at an altitude of 3850m.

Found by Ralf Hillmann at Mal Paso, Potosi, Bolivia, at an altitude of 3950m.

Found by Ralf Hillmann at Alto de Cajas, Tarija, Bolivia, at an altitude of 2400m.

Found by Ralf Hillman, north of San Antonio, Tarija, Bolivia at an altitude of 3700m.

Rather different from other Aylostera spegazziniana, KK1921 is referred to Aylostera fiebrigii or Aylostera escrupula N.N. by others. I’m not

WR840 is regarded by some as A. atrovirens or A. zecheri. Discovered by Walter Rausch at Curqui, Tarija, Bolivia.

Found by Ralf Hillmann at Yamparez, Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia, at an altitude of 3400m.

The type plant for this species, relatively recently discovered.

This is a very pretty plant, with small clustering bodies (though described as solitary in the wild), white spines flattened

A larger bodied form of Aylostera einsteinii, from Niña Paula, in the Sierra Grande of Argentina.