Chilita knebeliana
Sukkulentenkunde 5: 21. 1954
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Chilita knebeliana
Author
(Boed.) Buxb.
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
It is a low growing clumping cactus, often forming large mounds.
Central Spines
Reddish brown, 5-10 mm long, of which one (occasionally two) hooked, brown, but paler at base.
Tubercles
Slender, soft, cylindrical, terete. Without latex.
Flowers
Funnel-form, creamy-white, creamy-yellow with a reddish tint in outer tepals; perianth-segments lanceolate-linear, acute, spreading. Flower-buds rose-coloured.
Blooming Season
Spring and summer.
Stem
Individual stems spherical, sometimes becoming somewhat cylindrical. light green to bluish-green, 5-8 cm tall and 3-6 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
20-30, white, hair-like, silky, 8-20 mm long.
Fruits
Cylindrical, rosy-pink to red, 2,5 cm long in summer.