Mila nealeana
Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(11): [2] genus 72, sp. 2 (fig.). et. in Cactus Journ. ii. 31 (1933), in obs., nomen
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mila nealeana
Author
Backeb.
Chinese genus
小槌属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
1 to 6, stronger, yellowish with a darker reddish point, passing to grey,up to 3 cm. long. At first erected in the apex that tilts downward on the sides.
Seeds
About 1 mm in diameter, black tuberculate, longer than broad, hilum large, white.
Description
It is essentially a miniature plant that readily forms a small clumps resembling in habit and texture some of the species of Echinocereus.
Roots
Fleshy tap root
Flowers
From the summit of the stems that sometime cover completely the little pants body. Campanulate, yellow but drying reddish, up to 2,5 cm in diameter. Inner perianth segments oblong, tube proper very short, stamens shorter than the perianth segments, style about 8 mm long. Scales on the flowers tube and ovary minute bearing few white hairs in they axils
Blooming Season
Profusely flowering in June-July. Flowers appears in succession for a long time.
Ribs
11-13 low, margins nearly straight.
Stem
Clustering from the same thick root or basally branching, erect or prostrate, more or less ovoid-cylindrical up to 30 cm long and 3-4 cm in diameter. Epidermis shiny grey-green.
Radial Spines
12-30, very thin, acicular, setaceous, about 5 mm long, glassy white, covering almost completely the small stems
Fruits
Small 5-10 mm long, globular, greenish, shinning and almost naked, at first juicy.
Areoles
Closely set about 2-4 mm apart, roundish with white to brownish felt.