© Alexander Arzberger
Endangered
CITES App. II
Gymnocalycium megatae
Explan. Diagr. Austroechinocactinae 292. 1957
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Gymnocalycium megatae
Author
Y.Itô
Chinese genus
裸萼球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Flowers
White to dirty white.
Spines
5 (occasionally up to 9), thin, slightly recurved, pale to dull brown.
Ribs
Acute, strongly marked, divided into polygonal-chinned tubercles, separated by furrows.
Stem
Flattened to globular (occasionally up to 30 tall), depressed at the apex 16-20 cm in diameter. Solitary or few branched in age, dull grey-green, often reddish-brown.