Xerophyte

Description

Solitary globose or columnar cactus.

Camouflage

The fine spines of this species are an optical artifice supporting the grass-mimicry to the surroundings.

Flowers

Sweet smelling 7.5 cm wide, yellow with a red center.

Blooming Season

Blooms in summer.

Spines

5 to 10 up to 7 cm long, Grey to brown wired, twisted, curved, flattened that look like the horn of a Capricorn. As plant ages spines get a bit more intense and messier, but relatively sparse, they are stiff but pliable and fragile, so, plant should be handled with care.

Ribs

Usually 8.

Stem

Although young plants are globular, they soon become ovoid, and eventually columnar up to 1.2 m tall, 10 (15) cm in diameter. The epidermis of is more or less covered with the typical white woolly flecks characteristic of the genus.

Fruits

Reddish covered with flattened spines, 2.5 cm in diameter.

Areoles

In vertical rows along each rib and