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Endangered
CITES App. II
Thelocactus conothelos var. argenteus
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 44: 48 (figs. 2-3, 7). 1972 as: "conothele"
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Thelocactus conothelos var. argenteus
Author
Glass & R.A.Foster
Chinese genus
瘤玉属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
Usually solitary or slowly branching from the base whit globose or cylindrical stem with the tubercles mostly obscured by spines.
Flowers
Deep pinkish and/or pink-purple.
Spines
The central spines are creamy-white and shredding with age. It has ± 20 glassy-silvery-greyish-white radial spines.