Xerophyte

Central Spines

3 or 4 all hooked black, dark-reddish to yellow, up to 2.5 cm long,

Description

It is a small clustering cactus which clusters at an early age.

Tubercles

Cylindrical, soft 1 cm long with hairy axils. There is a shallow groove on the upper part.

Flowers

Diurnal, small 1.2 cm in diameter, 1.5 cm long, yellowish pink. in appreciable numbers at an early age.

Stem

Globose or elonged up to 4 cm tall, up to 3 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

7 to 9 short white, or yellow, with brownish tips