Xerophyte

Description

Globular spineless cactus with large tap root. Solitary or forming variable stemmed clumps with few stems or sometime large mounded group with several heads. This is the more primitive species of Lophophora.

Note

Lophophora diffusaSN|1117]]SN|1749]] is geographically isolated, but questionably distinct from Lophophora williamsiiSN|1749]]SN|1117]].

Flowers

Commonly whitish to yellowish-white (or pinkish white), 1,5-3 centimetres in diameter.

Ribs

5 to 13 the podaria are rarely elevated, wavy, broad and flat.

Stem

2-7 cm tall, 5-12 cm in diameter (some population have larger stems up to 20-25 cm in diameter) Yellow-green or grey-green, usually lacking well-defined ribs and furrows.

Areoles

With tufts of hairs that usually spread unequally on the prominent podaria.