Xerophyte

Habit

It is a very spiny cactus solitary or forming clumps.

Description

Rebutia fidaianaSN|14924]]SN|14924]] var. leocoriensis, much better known as Weingartia leocoriensis, is a local or morphological form of Rebutia fidaianaSN|14924]]SN|14924]] distinguished for the flowers that are slightly different and also the spines are longer and radiate more outwardly than the regular R. fidaiana.

Roots

Large, tuberose connected to the plants stem with a constricted neck.

Flowers

3 cm long yellow. They are produced especially in a ring near the very tips of the stems.

Blooming Season

The flowers are produced in early summer and remain open for five or six days.

Ribs

Completely divided into round spiralling tubercles.

Stem

Up to 30 cm tall and 15 cm in width, spherical to to short cylindrical, yellowish-green to grey-green.

Fruits

Spherical to elongate, small tannish-brown.

Areoles

Roundish, yellowish or creamy white and quite large.Spines 13-14 up to 5 cm long, very dense, acicular, straight, needle-shaped, spreading, interlacing and almost completely covering the stem, not easily distinguishable as centrals and radials variable in colour from greyish, straw to pale-brownish.