Xerophyte

Habit

It is a clustering species (rarely solitary) readily forming, especially in cultivation, clusters or cushions.

Description

Sulcorebutia heinziiSN|19118]]SN|10858]] is one of the innumerable local form of the very variable Rebutia steinbachii (= SulcoSN'>5220' alt='5221'>Rebutia steinbachii#SN#5221'>Sulco[[Rebutia steinbachiiSN' style='border

Roots

Carrot-like.

Flowers

Rarely more than 3,5 cm long and 4,5 in diameter, dark magenta with a silky sheen, numerous in a ring at the base of the plant.

Blooming Season

Spring (April-May) and remain open for up to five days.

Spines

Short, pectinated, at first reddish and then brown.

Ribs

12-26, spiralling, forming oblong rhomboid tubercles with well-defined grooves.

Stem

Single heads 30–50 mm wide, Flattened and somehow apically depressed, very dark tanned green, dark magenta-green or almost black, often nearly buried with only the summit visible above ground.

Areoles

White, narrow. 3-6 long, 1,5-2 mm large.