Xerophyte

Leaves

Green tinged reddish, inconspicuous, very small 1-2 long and ephemeral (very short living).

Description

Freely clustering succulent with small pads. It forms a dense shrub, to 40-60 (occasionally more) cm high, up to 1.5 m across. This plant may be of hybrid origin.

Cladodes

7.5-15 cm long by half as wide, grass-green to greys-green as they ages.

Flowers

Pale lemon yellow translucent, 3-5 cm in diameter followed by red fruits.

Spines

It has no spines and no glochids.

Areoles

Round, small with brown felt, often with the minuscle remnants of dried leaves.