Xerophyte

Habit

It is a solitary perennial stem succulent. Multiple branches may also been produced when the apex is damaged.

Central Spines

3 to 4 forming a cross, curving slightly, white with brown tips, to 12 mm long.

Seeds

Hemispheric or cap-shaped with a broad truncate base, brownish-black, papillose-roughened, about 1 mm broad.

Description

Parodia tabularisSN|15606]]SN|15606]], best known as Notocactus tabularisSN|15610]]SN|15610]], is a small cactus species with stems thickly clothed with dense white and brown, darker-tipped spines. The flowers are glossy yellow with contrasting carmine stigma lobes.

Flowers

Glossy yellow, coming from near the apex of the plant, about 5-6 cm long; perianth-segments narrow, acute; scales of ovary and floral tubes bearing dense white wool and long brown bristles in their axils. Stigma lobes carmine red to purple.

Ribs

16-18(-23), somewhat crenate, obtuse, glaucous.

Stem

Globose often flattened apically or short-columnar 8-10 cm across, bluish-green.

Radial Spines

(12-)16 to 18, acicular, spreading, whitish, to 10 mm long.

Fruits

Egg-shaped, yellowish green, to 1,2 cm long and 0,7 cm across.