Xerophyte

Habit

It is a low growing clumping cactus, often forming large mounds.

Central Spines

Reddish brown, 5-10 mm long, of which one (occasionally two) hooked, brown, but paler at base.

Tubercles

Slender, soft, cylindrical, terete. Without latex.

Flowers

Funnel-form, creamy-white, creamy-yellow with a reddish tint in outer tepals; perianth-segments lanceolate-linear, acute, spreading. Flower-buds rose-coloured.

Blooming Season

Spring and summer.

Stem

Individual stems spherical, sometimes becoming somewhat cylindrical. light green to bluish-green, 5-8 cm tall and 3-6 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

20-30, white, hair-like, silky, 8-20 mm long.

Fruits

Cylindrical, rosy-pink to red, 2,5 cm long in summer.