Xerophyte

Central Spines

(5-)6 to 8, often appearing as radials, setaceous, white to yellow with dark tips, straight, to 12 mm.

Seeds

Brown.

Description

Escobaria emskoetterianaSN|10015]]SN|10015]] a globose to short-cylindrical cactus, forming clusters 5-10 cm high. It is very variable.

Tubercles

6-10 mm long, conical, often not persistent and their axils naked.

Flowers

Dirty white, greenish yellow, lavender, pale purple or brownish yellow, l, 2-2.5(-3) cm long and in diameter, the perianth-segments with darker or brownish mid-stripes; stigma-lobes greenish, sometimes tipped with brown.

Blooming Season

Summer.

Stem

Globose to short cylindrical, 5-12 cm tall, 2-2.5(-4) cm in diameter and often branching.

Radial Spines

(15-)20 to 25(-30), white, straight, spreading irregularly, to 10 mm.

Fruits

Spherical to ellipsoidal, red, 6-9 mm in diameter, red or purplish. rarely remaining green.