Xerophyte

Seeds

1,1-1,4(-1,5) x 0,95-1,2 mm, testa black, tuberculate.

Description

Ariocarpus bravoanusSN|2073]]SN|2073]] subs. hintonii is a solitary geophyte cactus, rosette-shaped with triangular, rough, dark green verrucose tubercles. It is accepted as a valid subspecies by cactus specialists, Anderson (2001) and Hunt (1999).

Parastichy Number

5 and 8.

Tubercles

Flat, triangular, up to 20mm dark olive green, with a central woolly grove and two smaller glabrous, very distinct, perfectly straight lateral groves 0.5-1.0 mm wide. The verrucose part of adaxial tubercle surface is 8-11 mm long and 11-15 mm wide, the remainder is densely and finely verrucose, with a pale, almost crystalline appearance, edges acute, not rounded apex acute and well-defined. The central fissure develops only with maturity. In habitat often the tubercles are greyish-green in colour, sometimes taking on a yellowish tint with age.

Flowers

Pinkish-magenta flower, 4 cm in diameter.

Blooming Season

August to October, it is frequently the earliest species of the genus to bloom in cultivation.

Spines

None.

Stem

Growing slowly to 6 cm in diameter 1,5 cm above ground level in habitat.

Fruits

Pale red 20 x 5 mm.