Parodia microsperma var. weberiana
Cact. d'Argentine ed. 2 240. 1997 1998 Basionym not stated. (Brandt)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Parodia microsperma var. weberiana
Author
(F.H.Brandt) J.G.Lamb.
Chinese genus
锦绣玉属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4, variable, horn coloured to red brown, 1 of which approximately 1.5 cm long, the strongest, downward pointing, hooked and darker.
Seeds
Very small, round, testa smooth, shiny, brownish.
Note
This plant was previously known in cultivation as Parodia formosaSN|11774]]SN|25271]] var. roseiflora hort. This member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by A. Weber. Weber's Parodia.
Flowers
Buds grass green. Flowers 5 cm in diameter orange red to golden yellow. Stamens, anthers, style and stigma-lobes white.
Ribs
21, dissolved in spiral tubercles.
Stem
Flattened-globose to globose, up to 7 cm high, 10 cm Ø, green.
Radial Spines
15 up to 1 cm long, speading, whitish-yellow
Fruits
Brownish.
Areoles
Almost nacked.