Xerophyte

Description

Rebutia pygmaea var. pygmaeaSN|29937]]SN|29937]] (sensu stricto) based on the description of Britton & Rose 1922

Flowers

From the lower part of the plant, somewhat curved at base, becoming nearly erect, 18 to 25 mm. long, rose-purple; scales on ovary and flower-tube small, hairy in their axils.

Spines

All radial, 9 to 11, short, appressed, 2 to 3 mm long, acicular, somewhat swollen at base.

Stem

Simple, ovoid to short-cylindric, 1 to 3 cm. long, 1.2 to 2 cm. in diameter, or sometimes branched with 2 to many short joints from a much thickened root; tubercles small, more or less arranged into 8 to 12 spiraled rows; areoles narrow, somewhat lanate.

Fruits

Globular, 6 mm. in diameter.