Xerophyte

Description

Coleocephalocereus aureusSN|1851]]SN|1851]] (probably best known under its old name Buiningia aureaSN|11036]]SN|11036]]) is a small, columnar cactus with golden spines.

Flowers

Small yellowish nocturnal that form in a lateral "cephalium" (a densely woolly or bristly area which denotes that the plant is mature enough to flower)

Blooming Season

Summer.

Stem

Can grow about to to 50 in height in time.