Xerophyte

Central Spines

Usually 2, more or less erect black.

Description

Neolloydia matehualensisSN|10089]]SN|31290]] is a bluish-grey cactus with somewhat elongated stems and many radial but few central spines and large pinkish-purple flowers. It is not unlike Thelocactus bicolor in general appearance but the ribs, composed of rows of soft tubercles, spiral more acutely than those of most thelocactus species.

Flowers

Large, pinkish-purple or violet in spring, from the crown of the plant.

Stem

Single to clustered, 5-24 cm high, 3-6 cm in diameter, globose to somewhat elongated with soft tubercles, yellowish-green to bluish-grey-green, usually with a white woolly crown.

Radial Spines

10 white.