Xerophyte

Central Spines

No central spine.

Description

Solitary or branching from the base.

Flowers

Funnelform magenta-pink close to the end of the stems of the youngest areoles, which are white and woolly. 6-12 cm in diameter. Stamen yellow; stigma green; style white. They have a spiny, woolly, funnel-shaped tube.

Ribs

About 15 acute, slender or sometimes arranged spirally, bearing oval areoles.

Stem

Cylindrical 10-20(40) cm tall 4-10 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

about 16 needle-shaped, bristly spreading which point outward and downward, white, yellow, reddish, brownish or pinkish, 1-3 cm long.