Xerophyte

Central Spines

1-2 rigid, pungent up to 3 cm long, dark brown becoming greyish white, blackish tip.

Description

Turbinicarpus horripilusSN|6344]]SN|6344]], formerly known as Gymnocactus horripilusSN|12124]]SN|12124]], is a small, slowly clustering, globular to roughly columnar cactus.

Roots

Swollen bundled.

Tubercles

± Conical, compressed at the sides, rhombic at the base 5-7 mm high.

Flowers

Diurnal deep purple with whitish throat, up to 4 cm in diameter.

Blooming Season

Spring and summer.

Stem

Bluish-green to olive-green up to 4-9 cm cm in diameter, 10-18 cm tall; Apex depressed, very woolly,

Radial Spines

8-15 rigid, 9-11 mm long, radiating, straight or (rarely) somewhat bent, intertwined in each other white with brown tip.

Fruits

Greenish-red becoming yellowish-brown 4-6 mm long, 3-5 mm wide.

Areoles

Oval, with much white wool, very soon becoming bare.