Xerophyte

Seeds

1 x 0.6 mm.

Description

Copiapoa serpentisulcataSN|9824]]SN|9824]] is a solitary to strongly branching species that eventually can form clusters up to 60 cm tall and up to one meter in diameter.

Roots

Thickened, conical and short.

Flowers

yellow 2,5 to 3 cm long and fragrant with the typical smell of Copiapoa. Inner tepals rounded at the tip, pale yellow , outer tepals with reddish midrib.

Spines

Light brown or amber with darker brown tips becoming grey with age, straight, acicular, of which 1 to 4 central spines 1-2 cm long and 6-8(rarely more) protruding radials 1-1,5 cm long.

Ribs

18-23 wider than high with pronounced nipples and wavy grooves between the ribs.

Stem

Flattened globular, grey-green, pale brown to coppery-brown in full sun, 6-10 cm in diameter. Apex flattened, covered with yellow felt and densely spiny.

Fruits

Covered with triangular scales, 12 to 15 mm in diameter, reddish green to red or brownish-salmon.

Areoles

Circular pale yellowish, later becoming grey.