Xerophyte

Habit

Plants at first solitary, forming large clustering mounds in time.

Seeds

Obovoid to club shaped, reddish brown, spiny tuberculate.

Flowers

Borne several at a time apically, funnel-shaped, sulphur yellow, 4,5-5,5 cm long and in diameter; pericarpels with dense white wool and brownish bristles.

Forma Aurea

The schizochromic form (Parodia magnificaSN|20453]]SN|20453]] f. aurata) has pale yellow stems due to the absence (or reduced production) of chlorophyll pigments

Blooming Season

Flowering occurs in summer through early fall and will bloom several times during warm weather.

Spines

12-15 or more, bristle-like, thin, flexible, goldens yellow, 8-20 mm long.

Ribs

11-15, straight, symmetrical, acute.

Stem

Globose, becoming short cylindrical with age, yellow, oblique apically. It grows 30 (or more) cm high and 7-15 cm in diameter.

Fruits

Globose, pink, to 1 cm in diameter.

Areoles

White at first, later yellowish close together or almost contiguous.