Xerophyte

Description

Copiapoa ahremephianaSN|9760]]SN|9760]] forms tight clumps with up to 15 heads and to 50 cm in diameter.

Roots

Fibrous and woody with a brownish bark.

Flowers

Yellow, campanulate, wide opening, about 2,2 cm in diameter.

Spines

4-7 not divided into central and radial, straight up to 2,3 cm long. At beginning amber coloured, becoming brownish-black with age.

Ribs

15-18 up to 4 mm high.

Stem

4 to 8 cm in diameter with a whitish-grey waxy skin.

Areoles

About 10 mm apart, slightly sunken, at first with grey wool then naked.