Xerophyte

Central Spines

4-8,30-50 mm long.

Description

Eriosyce rodentiophilaSN|2326]]SN|2894]] it is a solitary (never clustered) barrel shaped cactus.

Roots

Fibrous, produced from short tuberous root.

Flowers

Borne on older areoles at the woolly top of the plant, campanulate, cream coloured or reddish, 2.5-4 cm long, 2.2-3 cm in diameter; pericarpels and floral tubes covered by white wool and with stiff bristles.

Spines

Numerous, thick, curved upwards, dull ivory to horn coloured, becoming grey.

Ribs

18-35, obtuse, strongly notched to form tubercles.

Stem

Globose to shortly columnar with time, 12-32 cm in diameter, with stem apex covered by white wool.

Radial Spines

12-15,20-30 mm long.