Xerophyte

Description

It is a usually a solitary, small- growing, cactus

Flowers

Funnel-shaped, orange-yellow or brilliant red in an apical circle. Dried flowers remain for a long time on the plant body after blooming.

Blooming Season

Summer.

Spines

Glassy, bristly straw-coloured (but also pale yellow, or pale brown) becoming very dense on specimen. The radials are very thin, clear, and silky, while the centrals are longer, stiffer and more coloured. There is also a form (the so-called P. penicillata var. nivosa) with dense snow-white spines.

Stem

Pale green or bright green, spherical, later cylindrical, growing up to 40-5m cm tall and 9 cm wide.