© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Copiapoa laui f. cristata
Copiapoa laui f. cristata
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Central Spines
Absent.
Description
Miniature crested Copiapoa. It can eventually grow into a 10cm clump
Roots
large turnip-like
Flowers
yellow with reddish petal tips, short, wide funnel-shaped.
Ribs
Small tubercles in vertical rows.
Stem
Grey to dark red-brown-grey, sometimes greenish or almost black. Line crest covered with whitish wool.
Radial Spines
4 to 7 insignificant whitish to yellowish.