Xerophyte

Central Spines

2-8 up to 3 cm long.

Flowers

Approx. 2 cm long, 2,5 cm in diameter, they are produced (unusually) all over the body of the plant expecially near the very tips of the stems differing from other rebutias in that its flowers appear very near the meristem as opposed to the lower, stem side and base locations of those others. As well, on this and a few other ex Weingartia species, one areole can produce up to 4 flowers.

Blooming Season

The flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for five or six days.

Ribs

16 to 18 tuberculate, often spiraling.

Stem

Usually solitary, globose to short cylindrical up to 10 cm wide, 20 cm tall.

Radial Spines

Up to 24 not easily distinguishable from crentrals, straw-yellow or yellowish with brown tips, up to 2 cm long.