Xerophyte

Description

This distinctive plant has been obtained by selective breeding by the Czech cacti-gardener Fleischer, which fixed an inheriting constant descendants of such specimens and named these plants Astrophytum capricorne cv. CrassispinoidesSN|3564]]SN|22198]] (Sadovsky-Schütz 1979

Note

The name "crassispinoides" is however source for many confusions. In fact sometimes plants of A. capricorne v. minor bloom with a pure yellow flower. And also frequently these plants are mistaken with Astrophytum capricorneSN|22198]]SN|3564]] v. crassispinum (H. Möller) which is very different and has very strong and rigid spines and flowers with a vivid red throat.