Xerophyte

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.