Xerophyte

Seeds

Globular, tuberculate.

Note

Bahiensis

Cephalium

Prominent, made up of a mass of white to cream/brown wool and a few short bristles.

Flowers

4 to 5 cm long funnelform with a slender tube; perianth-segments oblong, white, tinged with yellow.

Spines

Conspicuous, stout, 7 to 9, slightly flattened, somewhat curved backward, amber-, rose- to horn-coloured, 1.5 to 3(3.5) cm long.

Ribs

About 10-15, but nearly hidden under the mass of spines acute and slightly tuberculate.

Stem

About 6-8 cm in diameter, somewhat flattened, dark or bluish green.

Fruits

A small, white to rose-red, naked berry.

Areoles

Oval and woolly. Number of areoles per rib about 5 on plants with a cephalium.