Xerophyte

Description

It is a small cactus, mostly offsetting

Roots

Thick and long tap-root.

Flowers

From the side at the base of the plant, short, erect, funnel-shaped, in shades of orange to red. Outer tepals oblong, apiculate; inner tepals rounded.

Spines

About 8 acicular, bristle-like pale whitish, yellow or brown up to 4 mm long.

Ribs

10 to 12, low, often spiralled and tubercled.

Stem

Tiny, depressed-spherical to oblong 2-3 cm wide, 1,5-2,5 cm tall (but usually more in cultivation)

Areoles

Gold