Matucana peruviana
Matucana peruviana is a species of cacti, originating from Peru.
Description
Matucana peruviana usually grows individually with depressed, spherical to short cylindrical, blue-green shoots that reach heights of with diameters of. There are 12 to 30 rounded, notched and cusped ribs. The white areoles are greatly elongated. The yellowish to reddish brown to dark brown spines are difficult to distinguish between central and peripheral spines. The 1 to 3 central spines are protruding and up to long. The 15 to 24 radial spines arranged in a comb shape are up to long.The flowers often appear densely packed near the shoot tip from young areoles. They are carmine red with a yellowish base and yellowish inside. The flowers are up to long and reach a diameter of. The short, club-shaped fruits are reddish brown.