Pediocactus simpsonii var. despainii
Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 14 (1998)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Pediocactus simpsonii var. despainii
Author
(S.L.Welsh & Goodrich) Halda
Chinese genus
月华玉属
Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
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Description
(Identifying Characteristics)
Roots
Succulent and Fasciculate.
Flowers
Near the tip of the stem, 1.5-2.5 × 1.8-2.5 cm; scales and outer tepals minutely toothed to entire and undulate; outer tepals yellow-bronze to peach-bronze or pink with purple midstripes, 4-10 × 3-6 mm; inner tepals yellow-bronze to peach-bronze (rarely pink), 6-12 × 4-6 mm. Blossoming time
Stem
Subglobose to obovoid to turbinate, 3.8-6 × 3-9.5 cm; Can swell to up to 3.8-6 cm in diameter and 3-9.5 cm in height
Fruits
Green, drying reddish brown, turbinate.
Areoles
Circular to oval, white to brown, villous to glabrate.