Xerophyte

Central Spines

Absent.

Seeds

Black.

Description

Plants usually unbranched, deep-seated in substrate and inconspicuous.

Roots

Diffuse, not enlarged.

Tubercles

Cylindrical, without latex, axils bare.

Flowers

Approx 1 cm long and in diameter; dirty greenish-white or cream, usually with sharply defined midstripes of reddish-brown.

Blooming Season

January to March

Spines

50 or more per areole, in several series but all equally thin, mostly appressed, white, innocuous, bristle-like, 0,5-6 mm, glabrous, all interpreted as radial, innermost spines shortest.

Stem

Spheric, that become somewhat cylindrical with age, grey-green, up to 5 cm in diameter and 2-7 cm tall.

Fruits

Scarlet, cylindrical or clavate, 10-25 mm long, with floral remnant persistent, ripening in June-August.