Coryphantha lloydii
Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 58, in obs. 1931
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Coryphantha lloydii
Author
(Britton & Rose) Fosberg
Chinese genus
顶花球属/菠萝球属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4 to several, stout , 1,5 to 2,5 cm long white with brownish to blackish tip.
Seeds
Black, pitted, globose, 1 mm. in diameter.
Description
Small plants completely covered with spines, growing in clumps and and resembling a small species of Echinocereus.
Note
This species is near Escobaria tuberculosaSN|10187]]SN|10187]], but it has much stouter central spines and greenish white, eciliate inner perianth-segments.
Flowers
2.5 cm. Long, creamy-white or greenish eventually with a darker mid ribs on outside, filaments, style and stigma lobes greenish.
Stem
Up to 7 cm tall, diameter 3,5 cm, branching from the base. Epidermis pale green.; old plants bearing naked corky tubercles.
Radial Spines
Approx 20 pure white, spreading, slender, up to 1 cm long.
Fruits
Globular or ovoidal up to 12 mm long, red at maturity.
Areoles
Roundish with white wool.