Xerophyte

Central Spines

Usually 1 yellowish-brown, to 10 mm long.

Description

Plants clustering. Stems more or less spherical to short cylindrical, green, to 15 cm high, 4 - 12 cm in diameter. The areoles are large and woolly , while the axil is naked.

Flowers

Creamy white, 10 - 14 mm long to 18 mm long with darker midveins in a ring in the growth of the previous year.

Radial Spines

10 - 12, white with brown tips, 5 - 7 mm long.

Fruits

Light purplish, 20-30 mm long.