Xerophyte

Central Spines

1 often missing.

Description

Parodia turbinataSN|20106]]SN|20239]] is a low growing usually solitary cactus about 15 cm diameter starting out spiny then becoming more woolly. It will bear several glossy yellow flowers around the very woolly stem apex in mid summer.

Roots

Taproots large.

Note

P. turbinata differs from Parodia sellowiiSN|20239]]SN|20106]] in its flat body and less and shorter spination. No hybrids or intermediates are known. Seed-grown plants always show the distinctive markings of their parents.

Flowers

Yellow, to 3 cm in diameter, yellow, to 3 cm in diameter opening widely, and standing near the top, decorated with red pistil lobes which emphasize the yellow of the petals. The buds are tomentose.

Ribs

12-20, sometimes more, low, rounded.

Stem

The stems are flattened globular to depressed and growing partly underground, but the plant's stem in cultivation is often globular or ovoidal and aerial, dark green, to 15 cm.

Radial Spines

5-10, straight.

Fruits

Small, purple.