Pediocactus lophophoroides var. jauernigii
Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 21 (1998)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Pediocactus lophophoroides var. jauernigii
Author
(G.Frank) Halda
Chinese genus
月华玉属
Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Usually solitary or slowly clumping 10-20 mm high (bu much more in cultivation), 25-50(-70)mm wide grey-green to purple, flat to globular depressed merging into a strong tuberous root .
Tubercles
Poorly developed nearly non-existent low and rounded.
Flowers
Dirty white to pale pinkish-tan with a brown midstripe, 25mm long, 15mm wide. This species flowers in autumn/winter rather than the spring.
Spines
Mature plants have (usually) one spine, rigid white with grey tip 10mm long. Juvenile have 7 to 10 spreading radials.