Neolloydia conoidea

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mammillaria conoidea, DC. (M. strobiliformis, Engelm.). Ovate-conical, with densely woolly vertex: tubercles short, usually densely appressed-imbricate in 8-10 spiral, rib-like rows: radial spines 10-16, straight and stout; centrals 3-5, stouter, blackish, the upper ones erect-spreading, the lower stouter, horizontal or deflexed: fls. about 1 in. in expansion, deep purple, paler outside: fr. short, buried and hidden in the axillary wool. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.