Xerophyte

Central Spines

0 - 7, awl-shaped, yellowish to red to dark brown, 8-16 mm long, one or two hooked.

Seeds

Brownish black, coarsely pitted.

Description

Plants solitary or clustering.

Tubercles

Tubercles not compact, conical to cylindrical. Axil with some with bristles, sparsely woolly.

Flowers

Funnel-form, less deeply set, yellowish white, 10 - 20 mm long and in diameter.

Stem

Globose, dark green, 1 - 8 cm high and in diameter. Without latex.

Radial Spines

10 - 29, flattened against the stem surface, white, finely pubescent, 6 - 9 mm long.

Fruits

Globose to ovate, green to bright red.