Xerophyte

Habit

It is a low-growing geophytic, stem-succulent. The stems can form pups after a certain size and age.

Description

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Flowers

Very nice 2,5-3 cm tall and 1,5-3,5 in diameter, yellow to golden-yellow. Stamens in 2 series.

Blooming Season

Late winter to spring.

Spines

15-50, all radials, tiny, up to 2 cm long, bristle-like, pectinate, interlacing, pale yellowish, goldish, amber, brown or tan.

Stem

Globoid do depressed spherical, flat to the ground, apex umbilicate, 2-6 cm tall 4-5 cm in diameter (but often larger in cultivation), dark green, with about 15-20 spiralled and strong tuberculate ribs, 5 mm broad.

Fruits

Reddish brown.

Areoles

Ellliptic, 2,5 mm long, creamy grey 3-8 mm apart.