Copiapoa desertorum var. rubriflora
Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile 114, contrary to Art. 57 ICBN (1988). 1989
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Copiapoa desertorum var. rubriflora
Author
(F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Chinese genus
龙爪球属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
1-3, 2-4 cm long.
Seeds
1 mm long, 0,7 mm wide with white, oval hilum. The back of the seed is keeled.
Roots
Enlarged turnip-like, more or less elonged not restricted at the neck.
Flowers
Scented, more or less uniformly red or saffron/yellow with reddish mid-strip and red tepals, 2,5 cm long with short acuminate petals, ca. 13 mm long, 5-7 mm wide. Stamens approx 15 mm long, pale saffron. Style 17-19 mm long, stigma with about 8 lobes;
Spines
Subulate, mostly stright, thick, dark brown to black becoming grey.
Ribs
13-15 stright, 10-12 mm high, somewhat flattened with raised tubercles;
Stem
Firm, globose to short cylindrical green to 40 cm high, 5-11 cm across with apex densely covered by spines.
Fruits
Green to red-green, 15 mm long, 7 mm wide with 6-12 reddish scales.
Habit
Clustering and very spiny plant that forms loose clumps up to 40 cm tall, 90 cm wide.
Blooming Season
Spring and summer.
Radial Spines
6-8(-12), 1-2 cm long.
Areoles
Round, pale brown 7-10 mm across.