Xerophyte

Central Spines

Absent or solitary and minute.

Seeds

Shining black an smooth, about 1 mm long, 0,75 mm large and 0,5 mm thick.

Description

Solitary or clumping slowly (occasionally dichotomously branched) by offsets at the base.

Roots

Tuberous-napiform, connected though a narrow region to the main stem.

Flowers

Diurnal, apical, with the typical Copiapoa scented, yellow and pink broad 1,5-2 cm long and 30-40 mm wide.

Blooming Season

Hotter days in summer, blooms open about to hours after sunrise and close two hours before sunset.

Spines

Completely absent on older part of the plant.

Ribs

10-14(16) divided in extremely low often spiralled tubercles up to 4-8 mm apart, about 4-7 mm in diameter and up to 5 mm tall.

Stem

Grey-brown or more commonly bronzed, depressed-globose, 3-4 cm in diameter (up to 7 cm in cultivation), the aerial part is almost disc-shaped and almost sunken in the ground with white wool in the centre, also in the older areoles. Epidermis smooth.

Radial Spines

Very few (from 0 to 10) thin, short and less than 4 mm long. Brownish or black becoming ash grey and later deciduous.

Fruits

Slightly fleshy, small globular whitish with only few minuscule apical scales.

Areoles

Small 1-3 mm wide, sunken, oval, with white felt and well separated.