Ferocactus glaucescens f. nudus cristatus
( = nuda, inermis or unispina)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Ferocactus glaucescens f. nudus cristatus
Author
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Chinese genus
强刺球属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Flowers
Lemon yellow, funnel-shaped, 3-4 cm in diameter. The tepals are oblong, lanceolate, silky, shining; the margins are finely fringed. Stamen, style and stigma are yellow. Stigma lobes
Blooming Season
Late spring and summer. The flowers last a very long time. The plants start flowering when about 13 cm in diameter.
Ribs
Prominent, acute, slightly tuberculate and expanded under areoles, 2 cm high.
Stem
Fan shaped, flattened on top, depressed centrally along the line meristem, glaucous grey.
Fruits
White, 2 cm long with the remnants of the flowers attached.
Areoles
Greyish-white felted, young areoles circular, becoming elongate in mature flowering plants up to 15 mm long, constricted between the flower and the spine-bearing section, 2-3 cm apart or even less in old plants.