Xerophyte

Seeds

Black 1,2 mm long 0,7 mm large, the surface is convex and smooth.

Description

It is a solitary dwarf, flat to globose cactus (in the wild), that become cylindrical when it is grafted.

Roots

Deep, tuberous, carrot-like, up to 10 cm long.

Flowers

Diurnal, yellow 3-4 cm in diameter on the stem tip, they resemble those of a Copiapoa.

Blooming Season

Spring.

Spines

5-6 short spines only occur on juvenile areoles; adult plants and pericarpel are spineless.

Stem

Globose up to 5 cm in diameter; covered with large rounded podaria. The colour can vary from olive-green to purple to brown, depending on the time in the growing season and the amount of sun and water, woolly apex. The base becomes corky with age.

Fruits

Elonged, dry with a thin pericarp, that remain for a long time incorporated within the stem.

Areoles

The areoles are sunken between the podaria, and are woolly.