Copiapoa cinerea seeds grow into the ashy copiapoa — one of the most iconic and sculptural cacti of the Atacama Desert, native to the desert and dry shrubland biome of Chile (Antofagasta to Atacama). The genus Copiapoa is named after the city of Copiapó, Chile. The epithet cinerea means 'ashy' or 'grey' (from Latin cinis = ash), referring...