Xerophyte

Description

Clustering very woolly cactus with bright yellow flower. Weingartia pilcomayensisSN|15325]]SN|15328]] is probably very closely related (if not the same) to Weingartia lanataSN|15328]]SN|15325]].

Flowers

Yellow or pale orange, funnel-shaped 2,5 cm across (or more and usually larger than W. neocumingii), with reddish edged scales, they are produced (unusually) all over the body of the plant expecially near the very tips of the stems differing from other rebutias in that its flowers appear very near the meristem as opposed to the lower, stemside and base locations of those others.

Blooming Season

The flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for five or six days.

Spines

Numerous, more than 24, both radial and central spines are fine yellowish, strong and curved.

Stem

Short-cylindrical up to 20 cm tall with few and broad spiraling ribs with prominent chins.

Areoles

Large with substantial wool present similar in this respect to W. lanata and W. platygona giving a woollier crown than for W. neocumingii.