Weingartia crispata (Rausch) Brandt
Weingartia crispata (Rausch) Brandt
Weingartia (Sulcorebutia) crispata was first described by Walter Rausch in Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 21: 103 in 1970.
This species, or superspecies, causes much confusion and argument, and plants attributed to this species have also been named S. canigueralii var. crispata, S. tarabucoensis subsp. crispata, S. verticillacantha var. crispata, S. slabana, S. hertusi, and many others.
Hentzschel and Augustin (2008) recognise two varieties: var. crispata and var. hertusii. The form of hertusi which has yellow spines as opposed to the more usual white is often referred to as W. crispata var. patriciae, but this too is sometimes seen as a species in its own right.
Description to follow.
Plants of this species in the collection include:
Weingartia crispata BLMT198
Weingartia crispata EM356
Weingartia crispata FR946
Weingartia crispata HR27
Weingartia crispata HS251
Weingartia crispata HS256
Weingartia crispata HS258
Weingartia crispata JD220
Weingartia crispata JO637
Weingartia crispata KK1053
Weingartia crispata KK1154
Weingartia crispata KK1267
Weingartia crispata KK1367
Weingartia crispata KK1810
Weingartia crispata KK1961
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi KK2005
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi KP18
Weingartia crispata L394
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi (patriciae) LH692
Weingartia crispata LH693
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi (patriciae) LH /8
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi (patriciae) LH893
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi (patriciae) LH1123
Weingartia crispata MK2496
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi (patriciae) PHA176
Weingartia crispata RF181
Weingartia crispata var. hertusi (patriciae) VS339
Weingartia crispata VZ442
Weingartia crispata WR595