Xerophyte

Description

Usually solitary (in the standard form), or branching.

Note

Notocactus langsdorfi, together with the subordinated taxa ('leprosorum', 'longispinum', 'pulvinatus', ediewarasii', 'multiceps' and 'prolifer'), form a group of very similar and controversial southern Brasilian plants bearing small flowers and strong spination.

Flowers

Small, lemon yellow with glossy shining petals, up to about 2-3 cm in diameter, standing near the top, and decorated with a red pistil which emphasizes the yellow of the petals. The buds are tomentose.

Blooming Season

They bloom annually around June-July.

Spines

Several, yellowish, strong, about 20-25 mm long, spreading or curved down and backward.

Ribs

Well marked and sharp, with scarcely prominent chinned tubercles. The crest of the ribs typically take on a purple red hue in full sun.

Stem

Bright or dark green, globose to short cylindrical. The apex is depressed and filled with whitish-grey wool.

Areoles

Well spaced, woolly, recessed .