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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Thelocactus conothelos subs. argenteus
Guía Identif. Cact. Amenazadas México 1: Th/con ssp. argenteus (1998 publ. 1997), as 'conothele'
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Thelocactus conothelos subs. argenteus
Author
(Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass
Chinese genus
瘤玉属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
Usually solitary or slowly branching from the base whit globose or cylindrical stem with the tubercles mostly obscured by spines.
Flowers
Deep pinkish and/or pink-purple.
Spines
The central spines are creamy-white and shredding with age. It has ± 20 glassy-silvery-greyish-white radial spines.