Arrojadoa dinae
Kakteen Sukk. 24(5): 99. 1973
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Arrojadoa dinae
Author
Buining & Bredero
Chinese genus
猩猩冠柱属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
8.
Description
Arrojadoa dinaeSN|4856]]SN|4856]] is a low succulent shrub with slender stems, up to 30 cm tall, the stems being covered with yellowish brown spines and greyish-white wool, and even more dense towards the apex where the pseudocephalium develops bicolored, brownish red to violet-pink blooms. Plants are shrubby, basally branching with subterranean tubers.
Roots
Tuberous.
Cephalium
With white wool and brownish bristles 1.5–2 cm long.
Flowers
Tubular, often bicolored, brownish red to violet-pink, to 30 mm long and 9 mm in diameter, the pericarpel and tube naked, the limb very short, stamen and style not projecting.
Spines
Yellowish brown to white or nearly so, radiating, flexible, 4-8 mm long.
Ribs
8–11, narrow, rounded, 4-5 mm wide.
Stem
Thin, cylindrical, to 30 cm long, 1.8-2 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
About 12, not easily differentiated.
Fruits
Berry-like, juicy, brownish red, sometimes bicolored, oval to pear shaped.
Areoles
Closely set, about 5 mm apart, round, with greyish white wool at first, laternone. Flowering areoles different from non flowering, tufted with bristles and hairs.