Xerophyte

Description

There are some different clones of this heavy clumping cultivar, some of which very small and densely branched and some (the more common forms) with larger stems and fewer basal shoots. The cluster of heads never get much larger but can slowly fill a 10 cm bowl.

Flowers

Pretty, yellow up to 2.5 cm long and supposedly are sweet scented.

Blooming Season

Spring and summer.

Stem

Basally branching from 1 to 5 cm in diameter (depending on clone) that turns almost black in direct sunlight.