Xerophyte

Description

Ariocarpus fissuratusSN|2114]]SN|2114]] mostruosus forms large proliferating dark green stems with white woolly crowns. It shows an abnormal, uncoordinated form of vegetative growth, with a multitude of condensed lateral proliferation, each areole originating a new stem only a few centimetres across. The plant looks more like a strange furry animal or a marine creature than a cactus.

Note

Each specimen shows some growing variations and is different and particular.