Xerophyte

Habit

Small rosette shaped succulent with stiff, rough tubercles.

Tubercles

Divergent, often flaccid and not erect, thin (buts somewhat wider than in Ariocarpus agavoidesSN|847]]SN|847]]) acute at the apexes, flattened adaxially, slightly fissured, not incurved, 3-7 cm long, 5-15 mm broad, usually more than 4 times as long as wide.

Flowers

Up to 5 cm in diameter, up to 5 cm long pinkish to magenta.

Spines

None.

Stem

Greenish-brown, greyish-green, yellowish-green or dark green sub-globose, flattened on top, 5-8 cm high, rising barely above ground level, 7-12 (or more) cm in diameter. The rest of the plant (swollen rootstock) stay underground.

Fruits

Not known.

Areoles

Apical or sub-apical, rounded, 1-5 mm in diameter.