Melocactus harlowii subs. perezassoi
Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano 147(2): 337 2006
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Melocactus harlowii subs. perezassoi
Author
(Areces) Guiggi
Chinese genus
花座球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
3-5, spreading, straight or curved upward, 2-3 cm long.
Note
“perezassoi” For A. Pérez Asso of the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, La Habana, Cuba, who first collected the taxon.
Cephalium
Hemispheric to cylindrical elongate, 4-9 cm high, 6-8 cm in diameter, with dense wool and salmon to orange-red bristles.
Flowers
Open in afternoon, exserted 6-8 mm above the cephalia, pale pink, 2.8-3.4 cm long, 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter.
Spines
17-24, slender, yellow to horn colored to brown.
Ribs
12-13, vertical, acute. Plants
Stem
Solitary or occasionally branching, subglobose to ovoid, light to yellowish green, 11-16 cm high, 10-15 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
14-19, curved slightly upward, 0.5-2.5 cm long.
Fruits
Club shaped, pale pink to white, 2.3-2.8 cm long, 6-8 mm in diameter.
Areoles
Elongate, sunken.