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Description: Solitary, columnar upright-growing species,
usually erect but sometimes sprawling that looks a bit like a green pine
cone, stem blue green with latex up to 8-10 cm in diameter, 30-40 (60)
tall. Tubercles Prominent, globular conical clothed in white wool with
few or no spines.
Flowers:
Many rose to pinkish purple irregularly distributed near crown,
up to 10 mm long, 12 mm in diameter, with a very long flowering time from spring to summer, Fruit: Club shaped, red.
Remarks: A rare peculiarity of this plant is that the flowers are produced
either from the
axil and from the apex of the tubercles too.
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