Xerophyte

Central Spines

2, one erect one horizontal to 25 mm long white with black tips.

Seeds

Black seeds.

Description

Turbinicarpus pailanusSN|1928]]SN|1928]] is a small solitary subglobose cactus.

Roots

Napiform, bundled and swollen.

Tubercles

Irregular pyramidal quadrangular or rhomboid to 5 mm long, 4 mm wide. forming 13 to 21 tubercled ribs.

Flowers

Up to 24 mm wide and 25 cm in diameter, funnel form whitish-yellow coloured with purplish midribs and lighter margins.

Stem

Flattened globular tapering below, 50 mm high 60 mm wide with a woolly apex. Olive green becoming corky and light brown at the base as it ages.

Radial Spines

11-16 white rigid, radiating horizontally, to 10 mm long.

Fruits

Urn shaped up to 12 mm long.