Xerophyte

Description

Echidnopsis nubicaSN|18992]]SN|19001]] is a small succulents with erect or decumbent, branching stems forming mats or clusters and small brownish flowers. Stems and inflorescence as in Echidnopsis cereiformisSN|19001]]SN|18992]], and several authors feel that there is little justification for separating the two.

Flowers

Brownish. Sepals 1-1.5 mm long, lanceolate, acute, minutely papillate on the back. Corolla rotate or rotate-campanulate, 3-4 mm in diameter, 5-lobed to rather more than half-way down; lobes 1-1.5 mm long, ovate, acute, glabrous, smooth within, minutely papillate on the outside. Outer corona none; inner coronal-lobes deltoid-ovate, about 0.5 mm long, incumbent on the backs of the anthers and about equalling them in length.

Fruits

Up to 10 cm long and 8 mm thick, purplish with darker markings.