Xerophyte

Habit

Usually solitary.

Seeds

1 mm long black.

Description

Parodia sellowiiSN|20106]]SN|20106]] var. leucocarpa best known as

Flowers

Large, many petaled, lemon yellow with glossy petals to about 5 cm in diameter and stand near the top, decorated with about 8 to 10 red pistil lobes which emphasize the yellow of the petals. The buds are tomentose.

Blooming Season

They bloom annually about in June-July.

Spines

Few, (usually only three) longer and stronger than in the standar species yellowish, sturdy, about 20-25 mm long curved down or backward of which 1 radial spine slightly heavier but not very different from the the radials.

Ribs

Well marked and sharp whit scarcely prominent chinned tubercles. The crest of the ribs typically take a purple red colour in full sun.

Stem

Metallic-grey to bluish?grey that in full sun take a beautiful purple tinge, globose to short cylindrical up to 20 cm tall, 15 cm in diameter. The apex is depressed and filled with whitish-grey wool.

Fruits

Fleshy white about 10 mm long.

Areoles

Well spaced, woolly, recessed 15-20 mm apart.