Notocactus minimus var. tenuicylindricus
Kaktusz Vilag 18(4): 75. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Notocactus minimus var. tenuicylindricus
Author
(F.Ritter) Havlíček
Chinese genus
南国玉属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Between 2 and 4, 3-6 mm long (rarely up to 1,5 cm) red brown strong, straight, pungent and acicular. The lowermost occasionally hooked and more or less strong.
Seeds
Black oblongs with tubercles.
Description
Parodia tenuicylindricaSN|25110]]SN|25110]] (Notocactus tenuicylindricusSN|25111]]SN|25111]]) is one of the smaller species in the genus with tiny yellow red-brown spines and white wool remembering of a Frailea.
Flowers
2,5-3 cm tall and 4-5 cm in diameter, bright lemon yellow, stigmas dark red. Pericarpel and flower tube with purple scars filled almost entirely with white wool and yellow bristles.
Ribs
13-21,3-4 mm high, more or less notched.
Stem
Unbranched, cylindric up to 4-8 cm tall and 2-3 cm, in width (though in cultivation it grows much larger) green or bluish green.
Radial Spines
10 to15 creamy-white to pale yellow 3-4 mm in long.
Fruits
Yellow-green.
Areoles
1,5- 3 cm apart with white wool.