Arrojadoa х albiflora
Succulenta (Netherlands) 54 (2): 22 (1975)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Arrojadoa х albiflora
Author
Buining & Bredero
Chinese genus
猩猩冠柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
Arrojadoa albiflora is a s low, basally branching succulent shrub, probably a naturally occuring hybrid hybrid between Arrojadoa dinae and Arrojadoa rhodanthaSN|4847]]SN|4847]] (or perhaps Arrojadoa rhodantha and Arrojadoa multiflora)
Cephalium
Apical produced following each season's vegetative growth, producing ring-like clusters of white wool and redish bristles; vegetative growth can resume following flowering.
Flowers
In clusters from the apical cephalia, open during the day, pink, violet or white, tubular 3-3,5 cm long; pericarpels and floral tubes naked;
Spines
Bristly numerose.
Stem
Branching from the base, slender, erect, semierect, or creeping and wooly-white, cylindical, sometimes segmented, green, approximatively 2-3 cm in diameter.
Fruits
Berrylike, globose to pear-shaped, smooth, naked, juicy, purple, pink, rose or red, with white pulp, to 1,5 cm in diameter.