Xerophyte

Central Spines

4-6, robust, straight or more or less curved,dark yellow, becoming brownishwith age, to 20 mm long, lowermost one longest.

Seeds

Brown.

Description

Solitary or clumping

Tubercles

Pyramidal, four-angled, with latex, axils woolly.

Flowers

Yellowish green, to 15 mm in diameter.

Stem

Depressed globose with apex strongly sunken and woolly, up to 10 cm tall, 17 cm in diameter,.

Radial Spines

7-12, needle-like, white, to 3 mm long.

Fruits

Pink to greenish.