It is a large padded variety with white spines. They have prominent ribs and brilliant scarlet flowers in summer. A ring of pink to magenta flowers appears on the crown of each stem. Flowers when relatively young. They will flower at an early age and flower often.
Flowers are white and pink, sometimes red.
This is a large group of small, free-flowering cacti that are easy to care for. Most are densely spined, and in many types the spines are so elongated and soft that the plant appears hairy. Mature specimens develop into a low mound of long, snaking stems. The body of this small clumping cactus is cloaked in dense white spines, which are often pink-tipped. It produces rings of flowers in spring, that begin cream colored, then turn pink.