Xerophyte

Description

Frailea buenekeriSN|3534]]SN|3534]] subs. densispina is a beautiful little plant of no more than about 3cm in diameter, with a dark green to winered epidermis, many ribs divided into low tubercles, and areoles with a dozen or so creamy yellow to white radial spines appressed against the body of the plant and pointing downwards. Below each areole there is a faint, dark, crescent-shaped mark. The plants are globular, becoming columnar in age. Another characteristic of this taxon is the tuberculate spines, which have small projections along them, thus creating the illusion of being slightly feathered.