Xerophyte

Central Spines

About 20, 30-60 mm long similar to radials and not easily distinguishable.

Flowers

1-5 cm long and in diameter, borne at plant apex on young areoles, tubular to narrow funnel-form, showing various shades of purple-pink with clearer throat in the spring.

Spines

15 to 40 radials very dense, glassy, from blond/yellow to ammber-yellow, thin, hairlik, curled and tangled, some soft and flexible, obscuring the plant body and becoming longer with age.

Fruits

Elongate to clavate, reddish opening by basal pores at maturity.