Gymnocactus

Dark olive-brown stem, very flat, growing at ground level. Short spines pressed against the body. Beautiful plant but very slow growing.

Long slender body, white radial spines, black central spines, creamy-yellow to deep pink flower.

Short black spines.

Grows along with Astrophytum capricorne and Thelocactus rinconensis on the slopes of La Rinconada, a beautiful place between Monterrey and Saltillo, on the border of the states of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila.