Weingartia mentosa
Kakteen Orch. Rundschau 1979(1): 6 (1979)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Weingartia mentosa
Author
(F.Ritter) F.H.Brandt
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
2-4 or more. 5-35 mm long.
Description
This is one of the larger headed species, solitary or clustering when the main head is about 5-7 cm in diameter and producing a nice patch over time. It distinguish for for the tubercles with chinned bases.
Roots
It has long tap roots.
Note
This Taxon has lots of synonyms ( like many other cacti) whit several controversial varieties and subspecies and comprises a multitude of different forms, but where each form is linked to others by populations of plants with intermediate characteristics
Flowers
Showy that cluster around the lower stem, funnel-shaped with short necks, about 3 cm tall, 3,5 cm in diameter, deep purple or magenta.
Blooming Season
Spring.
Ribs
About 20, tuberculate, spiralling; tubercles with chinned protrusions.
Stem
Fresh green in colour, flattened globular, hemispherical or shortly cylindrical, depressed at apex, 9-10 cm tall 6-7 cm in diameter. This species pups at the base.
Radial Spines
14-18, 5-25 mm long, comb-like and ascending, yellow, reddish, dark brown or black (mostly mahogany red-brown o black spines in subsp. mentosa).
Fruits
Dark reddish-brown with pale green scales.
Areoles
Elongate, 5-7 mm.