Xerophyte

Central Spines

1-4 one hooked, turned downward brown to blackish or grey. 13-18(-25) mm long.

Seeds

Oblong 0,8 x 1,25 mm, caruncle conspicuous, seed-coat finely tuberculate dull black.

Description

Parodia tuberculataSN|5879]]SN|5879]] is a simple or rarely clustering globular cactus species with small orange-red blooms. It is a morphologically variable taxon growing widespread in the mountains of Bolivia and has received numerous unnecessary names.

Tubercles

Large round. Parastichy number 8-13 (Double visible spirals pattern in the position of a tubercle on the axis).

Flowers

Smallish, campanulate, 3 to 5 flowers at a time clustered around the meristem, 1,8-2,7 long and 1 cm yellowish-orange to dull red-orange. Pericarpels and floral tubes very short with dense white hairs and scales.

Blooming Season

Blooms are produced over a long period in late spring to mid Summer.

Ribs

13-20 spiralled strongly tuberculate at first.

Stem

Depressed-spherical 4-5 cm tall, 7-11 cm across, grey-green, apex not very woolly.

Radial Spines

7 to 11 mostly grey-coloured up to 10 mm long, needle-like, spreading, flattened against the stem surface.

Fruits

Spherical 6-7 mm, purple, naked.

Areoles

Grey or whitish, woolly at first.