#obovoid

[dry-gold]

What’s the best slime mould

I feel incredibly under qualified to answer this question, so I'm going to write a letter to me MP insisting we do a national inquiry to answer this urgent question.

In the mean time I am a big fan of the iridescent obovoid Lamproderma species (or any of the shiny ones).

But can't go past Fuligo septica for it's ubiquity and sci-comm value for raising awareness that these diverse and incredible organisms, and want to reinforce here my position that 'witch's butter' is a cooler and more evocative common name than 'dog vomit slime mold'

[hospitalterrorizer]

diary498

2/7-8/25

friday - saturday

tomorrow or like technically today but after i sleep,

will be fun! today was slow, which was needed after last night. it's late now so i think this one will be short, i found a new website i've never heard of via an account on here, it's this:

it's kind of insane how it looks so mid 2010s, that font my gosh, but it's charming for that, it's giving old iphone graphic design, but the function of the website is really special, a big repository of wildlife photos people uploaded over the years, lots of variety, and there's a thing that lets you go through geotagged images on a big google map thing and see animals/plants in different places on earth, there were these minke whale bones from greenland, that i really found exciting to see:

such pretty and strange bones, i feel bad for it too. this really reminds me of when i was a kid, one of my main things i would do is just look for pictures of animals and weird creatures and things, and try to learn about them, especially sea life because i wanted to be a marine biologist. there's a lot here, there's even stuff about weird fungal growths and things, protozoa, stuff i'd never even think about or have any clue about existing.

like this, it's so strange. i also saw the words 'subglobose' and 'obovoid' on its page. it's called badhamia utricularis.

today i did cook a little bit, or i cooked twice, first was noodles for my gf, and then i had to make sure chicken wouldn't go off so i just cooked the chicken, and then put it over spinach and that was my dinner, and there's more for tomorrow or the next day. we've been going out so much recently, or i've been so all over the place with sleep, and misaligned w/ my gf, and now we're going out so much, that it's been hard to be on top of that. it does feel a little bad.

speaking of my gf she had a funny dream, about us in a mall and we saw the gender neutral bathrooms being closed off, and they said to us 'we don't use those anymore' because of trump. it is nice of her to worry about where i can pee, in her sleep, even. it feels good, to me, how love is expressed in a lot of very quotidian ways, over long periods of time, or in very intimate kinds of worries we have for each other. i know it must be obvious but it means a lot and only increases in meaning over the years because of repetition of certain things, resurfacing of worries, etc. it's a nice feeling, is all. i have never been the gushy type, so maybe this is the closest i can get to that. when people are gushy, it's hard for me to know what to do or say. it seems so personal and it leaves me wordless, it would feel rude to say anything about something so meaningful. but i'm also very strange socially and maybe mostly wrong.

another interesting thing today, my friend got especially good news, he is going to come to america to get a degree in writing, in chicago. and he got an award of some money, for merit. he said this was like his birthday, so i had to vc him, so we did. he told another friend and she said she'd take him to a chain breakfast place in chicago, and i looked at the food and sent it to him and said, wow now you're going to see american food for real, what everyone eats out here, it's going to be so insane, the biscuits and gravy were frightening looking, food that is like a bunch of white stuff with chunks in it all gloopy over some kind of mass does typically wig me out, also. and he was like, this is one of my worries. he said he wants to go to california pizza kitchen, because it seems insane, and it kind of is. i've only been once and i didn't even eat pizza. i mean i ate nothing there, i sort of want to know what it would be like to eat there, in an abject sort of way. anyhow, i realized, looking at the yelp, the place never seems to advertise itself on there with any kind of image of pizza, it was like, dessert, some freaky mass in a bowl, and then pasta. one dish i saw was, i don't know, it was literally (factually (actually (truthfully (i went and looked back for it))) called kung pao spaghetti chicken, which is a menu item that seems like a hate crime.

i did work on music also, but only a couple things, i'm sort of like, out of my head a little bit right now, i think, i'm like, what should i do, i don't know. that makes me do nothing. i feel like i want to go to some songs and write some parts out more or something, and then figure out a couple more for the thing i'm doing and then get a tracklist ready. but then i also really wanna make new stuff and things... but i can't!!! or i shouldn't. but i got one to sound a little better, did some extra riffs and fills in it and that makes me feel really good, i got another guitar sound to be a little more physical feeling i hope. i'm gonna check in later with that, and then i also figured out something that has been bothering me that has been hard to explain, but basically, i'd double my guitars, pan them hard left and right, and they'd be the same but there'd be like one issue, where one side would be louder for some reason, i realized, this seems to be because of phase issues that i just need to phase flip one side to fix. but i had no idea... i ended up searching around and figuring it out, though. it's funny how simple some stuff is. it's also funny that sometimes i think something i simple, but really it only works on one thing and then other things it's a little bit harder to work out. it's fun to chase your own tail sometimes, that's how this all feels at times.

this song came into my head, chasing your tail, like a dog, you know.

i also looked into what i was told last night, by the person from that band, dj 54kura, about emocat records and i found where i can submit stuff, so that is super super exciting. so hopefully the next thing will be okay enough to make it on there.

i need to read this new short story published by ergot... i'll try to do that tomorrow. i need to get back on reading shorts more regularly. try to have thoughts on them too.

but now it is late, i want to not be in need of caffeine tomorrow, so i will sleep now,

so,

byebye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dykesreclaimtheuniverse]

yoooo thanks for the introduction to Team Dresch, i'm obsessed with them now!!

hell yeah, aren’t they great? glad you like em cuz we do too!

[redaynia]

14, 28?

14. Who was your first celebrity crush?faith from buffy i think? tho if cartoons count it’s probably embarrassingly she-ra

28. What gay or lesbian stereotype(s) do you fit?i prefer my hair shorter, i like hiking, love cats, i’ve been working my way towards vegeterianism, and i don’t really shave my legs.

[drhoz]

#1832 - Muehlenbeckia adpressa - Clambering Lignum

AKA Climbing Lignum, Shrubby Creeper or pohuehue.

A prostrate low shrub, up to 2m high but usually lower, often found scrambling or twining over rocks, fallen timber and other plants. Scattered along the coastline behind beaches and on cliff-tops, across most coastal regions of southern Australia. 

In this case it was one of the few native plants along the edge of the Lake Richmond shoreline to have survived last year’s arson. That might explain why it was looking a bit unwell - a lot of the other vegetation had been burnt away leaving the recovering climber badly exposed to the sun. On the other hand it was also heavily infested with Black Scale and unidentified galls, which can’t help. 

It has slender, reddish-brown stems to 1 m long, and oblong, ovate or semi-circular leaves. Flowers are small and greenish or yellowish, with females and males on different plants. Flower-heads are 1-9 cm long, leafy and spread along the branches, and the nuts brown to black, ellipsoid to obovoid with three longitudinal ribs and furrows.

The genus, commonly called maidenhairs, are native to areas around the edge of the Pacific, but some have become weeds elsewhere. And some of the hybrids are even worse -  the highly invasive Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) hybridizes with Muehlenbeckia australis. The related Muehlenbeckia complexa (maidenhair vine, creeping wire vine, lacy wire vine, mattress vine, mattress wire weed, necklace vine, wire vine) has established populations around San Francisco,  southern parts of Britain. and in the Channel Islands.

[brownhillsbob]

April 17th - Every day, new flowers and leaves. This is fantastic, and just what I’ve been waiting for. All I need now is the sun to do it’s thing...

Spotted in a roadside verge near Lower Stonnall on Gravelly Lane - one of my all time favourite spring flowers - muscari or grape hyacinth. A garden favourite, I’m not sure if they’re native here or a garden escapee. But they are so very gorgeous, tiny blue arrangements of even tinier obovoid flowers.

Welcome back.

[godai02-blog]

Cactus

Cacti are clumps of fleshy shrubs, 1.5-3 m tall. Upper branches broadly obovate, obovate-elliptic or subcircular, green to blue-green, glabrous. The prickly yellow cactus has the light brown horizontal grain and the hard, barbs erect. Cactus with auger leaves are green. Filaments are pale yellow, anthers are yellow, style is pale yellow, stigma yellow-white. Berry obovoid cactus tip concave, surface smooth glabrous, purplish red, barb bristles and drill spines. Seeds mostly oblate, margin slightly irregular, glabrous and yellowish brown. Flowering period is 6-10 months.

Most cactuses have no visible leaves, and photosynthesis occurs on the stem.  The function of this leaf cannot be photosynthesis. Cactus spines are often used for identification because their species, number, color, size, shape, and hardness vary greatly from species to species, as well as whether all spines produced by dill are similar or of different species. Most thorns are straight or at most slightly curved, and are described as hair-like, bristle-like, needle-like, or pyramid-shaped, depending on their length and thickness.

Many cactus species have been shown to contain psychoactive agents, chemical compounds that cause mood, perception and cognitive changes by affecting the brain. Cacti have many other uses. They are usually burned and used for human food and animal feed. In addition to their use as psychoactive agents, some cactuses are also used in herbs. I like it because I thinkcactus is a very strong plant and it is useful at the same time.

The resource is from:    

https://mountaincrestgardens.com/cactus/

https://www.countryliving.com/gardening/g28365636/types-of-cactus-species/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus

https://mariscalcactusandsucculents.com/

[kevinscottgardens]

28 mars au 3 avril 2022

Monday morning I flew from Rome to Heraklion. I met Helena and James in Frankfort Airport. After hiring the car it was 21.00 so we decided to have dinner in a restaurant before finding our first camp site. Helena and James introduced me to wild camping.

All the mountain peaks were snowcapped !

Lupins and tulips.

A bit of Greek mythology along the way.

Mandragora officinarum in the wild.

There were several wild orchids on the island.

Romulea sp.

Kapsa monastery.

Cistus sp.

This was our last night’s campsite; complete with date palms on Vai Beach.

We collected seeds, cuttings and a few bulbs during the week. My next challenge will be to pot them all up and see what survives ! We flew home late Sunday, landing just before midnight.

Plant of the week

Araceae Dracunculus vulgaris Schott

common name(s) - dragon arum synonym(s) - Aron dracunculum (L.) St.-Lag.; Arum dracunculus L.; Arum guttatum Salisb.; Dracunculus creticus Schott; D. dracunculus (L.) Voss; D. major Garsault; D. polyphyllus Blume; D. spadiceus Raf.; D. vulgaris subsp. creticus (Schott) K.Richt.; D. vulgaris var. creticus (Schott) Nyman; D. vulgaris var. elongatus Engl.; D. vulgaris var. laevigatus Engl. conservation rating - Least Concern native to - Mediterranean location - Crete leaves - deciduous with attractive leaves divided into several narrow, finger-like segments; bright mid- to deep green, occasionally with conspicuous white streaks flowers - dramatic, foul-smelling, arum-type flowers in spring or summer; spathe tube, oblong-cylindric to ellipsoid, convolute, exterior mid-green, slightly glaucous, rarely pale greenish white or dirty yellowish, interior deep purple, sometimes white to cream towards the opening fruit - berries, sometimes partially to completely encased in the dry spathe tube remnants; berries obovoid, orange-red when ripe; seed compressed globose, pale brown habit - geophyte with tuberous roots from sea level to 600m habitat - stenomediterranean species, distributed in sclerophyllous and mixed forests, maquis, garrigue, undisturbed olive groves, waste land, dry ditches and waste ground; in some places it's a veritable weed pests - generally trouble-free disease - generally trouble-free hardiness - to -5ºC (H3) soil - humus-rich, well-drained soil that dries out in summer sun - full sun to part shade propagation - offsets in spring or autumn pruning - none nomenclature - Araceae - arum - a name used by Theophrastus; Dracunculus - little dragon, a name used by Pliny for plants with serpentine roots; vulgaris - usual, of the crowd, common, vulgar NB - pollinated by insects (Psychodid, Staphylinid); the species can develop a considerable heat in the inflorescences that is accompanied by the production of a pronounced odour, the purpose of this is to attract a large number of insects

References :

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13133560/44462629 [23 Apr 22]

Plants of the World [online] https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:86985-1 [23 Apr 22]

Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/6115/dracunculus-vulgaris/details [23 Apr 22]

World Flora Online [online] http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000945756 [23 Apr 22]

[juventudybelleza]

Beneficios Curativos de la Hoja de Papaya Contra la Mastitis - Carica P...

✳️➽Descripción botánica de la Papaya o Carica papaya: Planta de rápido crecimiento. Tallo erecto, columna, hasta 20 cm de diámetro. Hojas simples, profundamente lobadas, de un metro de largo. Fruto oblongo-obovoide, de 15 cm de largo, lomados longitudinalmente, amarillos al madurar; numerosas semillas negras y ásperas. Flores masculinas pedunculadas, verdes; flores femeninas sésiles, de ocho cm de largo, flores intermedias perfectas. •Distribución Cultivado. Amazonas, Ayacucho, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, San Martín, Ucayali. •Usos Raíz Hojas:  Infecciones urinarias: tomar como agua de tiempo el cocimiento de la raíz y las hojas jóvenes. Hojas: Heridas: estrujadas las hojas frescas, se aplican sobre la lesión. Mastitis: las hojas trituradas ayudan a la cicatrización de las grietas de los pezones. Frutos: Parasitosis intestinal: el consumo frecuente de los frutos de la papaya, con tres a cuatro semillas cada vez, ayuda a que los parásitos (gusanos) no se instalen en el intestino. Estreñimiento: el látex del fruto verde, diluido con agua, es purgante fuerte. •Compuestos presentes Papaína, carica-xantina, papaiotina, capaina, ácido málico, proteínas, grasas, sales de calcio, fósforo, hierro, vitaminas A, B1, B2, y C,  taninos y pancreatina. •Observaciones El masaje de los frutos verdes sobre las mamas ayuda a la producción de leche. Los baños de vapor de una decocción de los frutos y beber ésta, cuando está fría, tienen el mismo efecto. Papaya - Carica papaya L - Caricaceae - (Dicotiledónea):https://youtu.be/f0qbM2iodGA Plantas Medicinales de Uso Popular en la Amazonía Peruana EBOOK: KEMBER MEJIA * ELSA RENGIFO CLICK PARA DESCARGAR EL EBOOK. ✳️➽ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SmfTY4vejcYzC6gB-TcORK8eReWB1GXJ/view ➡️ ¡No Te Pierdas Ningún Video! SUSCRÍBETE hhttp://www.youtube.com/c/MedicinaNaturalyBelleza ➡️ SIGUEME EN FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/dietaparadelgazar101 ➡️ SIGUEME EN TWITTER: https://twitter.com/carmen_sakura ➡️ SIGUEME EN MI SITIO WEB:https://remediosnaturalescura.wordpress.com ➡️ SIGUEME EN TUMBLR:http://trucosdesaludybelleza.tumblr.com ➡️ SIGUEME EN PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.es/dogsmallbreeds/bellas-y-salud ➡️ SIGUEME EN STUMBLEUPON:https://tratamientonaturalcaidadelcabello.blogspot.com ➡️ SIGUEME EN LIVEJOURNAL:https://followerstumblr.livejournal.com ➡️ SIGUEME EN MI PAGINA DE FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/remedioscaseros0 ➡️ SIGUEME EN TWITTER:https://twitter.com/GanarFlippa ➡️ SIGUEME EN MI GRUPO DE FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1492828174360070 ➡️ SIGUEME EN instapaper: https://www.instapaper.com/p/2880251 ➡️ SIGUEME EN xing: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thiare_Nicole2/cv ➡️ SIGUEME EN plurk: https://www.plurk.com/marcel72 ➡️ SIGUEME EN viadeo: https://www.viadeo.com/p/002aa2c1so9ublx ➡️ SIGUEME EN ok.ru :https://ok.ru/profile/571448395158 ➡️ SIGUEME EN folkd: http://www.folkd.com/user/MarcoAntonioOsccodeObma SIGUEME EN reddit:https://www.reddit.com/user/camaleon1108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBJETIVO DE ESTE CANAL ----------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------------- la medicina natural ha sido usado desde hace milenios por todas las culturas del mundo. En resumen, su eficiencia está plenamente garantizado. Así que más allá de preceptos ideológicos o de posturas frente a, por ejemplo, la medicina alópata, lo cierto es que las plantas medicinales te ayudarán a combatir incontables malestares que afecta  la salud. ---­­------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: La información de este canal no reemplaza el diagnóstico personalizado de un especialista de la salud, ni sustituye su tratamiento. Nunca deje de consultar a su médico para la supervisión de cualquier enfermedad, es el médico el que tiene la autoridad en materia de salud; este canal tiene un propósito exclusivamente educativo y para compartir experiencias personales con el deber y con el fin de intercambiar información. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[what-s-up-friends-us]

No one will be wrong if he says that the Ubí, or Bejuco Ubi - Cissus verticillata, its scientific name -, takes over the fields and even the urban gardens of the country, where it emerges and develops to become owner of the area. It has no favorite places for the type of soil and is indifferent to the rainy or dry seasons. It is a species of climbing plant, perennial, of the very common family Vitaceae; it is found in fences and thickets, in the hills and calcareous mountains of a certain elevation. There is also in Florida, the Greater Antilles, in many of the Minors, and in Continental Tropical America; abundantly in Cuba.The amazing properties of the Ubi vine It rises to a height of six meters or more with foliage and pubescent or almost hairless branches; The leaves are used as anti-flu, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and facilitator of births. It is also used to make a refreshing drink known as Pru Bejuco Ubi that many consider to have aphrodisiac benefits. This species is attributed to anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, abscess properties. Juan Tomás Roig, a leading Cuban botanist, says that during an influenza epidemic that hit the country, it was a very effective remedy. In pharmaceuticals, leaves and branches are used. Its botanical description says that it has foliage and pubescent or almost hairless branches. Simple, ovate or ovate-oblong leaves, two to 15 centimeters long and two to 11.5 centimeters wide, acute, accumulated or occasionally rounded at the apex, truncated or armored at the base, sawn, sharp teeth or finished in a sow; the petioles one to four centimeters long; thin tendrils, often as long as the leaves. Flowers in pendulous, perfect or sometimes polygamous tops. It has four extended cup-shaped petals, attached to the base of the ovary, almost always four-lobed. Stamens four, inserted in the margin of the disc. Ovarian two eyepiece attached to the base of the disk. Two ovules in each cavity. Subglobose and obovoid berries, black, seven to ten millimeters in diameter; solitary, obovoid seeds, four to six millimeters long. Some experts say about this plant: “Its juice is applied to cure diseases of horses. It is also applied to wash the inside of the nose and mouth of an attacked animal, then putting a vine on its neck. The leaves are sometimes applied to the grains or inflammations and in Mexico, the decoction of the stems is used as a remedy for rheumatism. ” Decoction in equal parts of stems and leaves is a positive remedy against influenza, if you drink at the rate of four cups a day, as hot as possible, as sweaty. This same application gives good results against rheumatism. They also call bejuco ubí alC. trifoliata L., of the same genus, and which is a climber similar to C. syciodes L., but with trifoliolate leaves and leaflets very fleshy, incunched, above the midpoint of the margin. This species is attributed with refreshing, emollient, resolutive and pectoral properties. Other species of the same family are also employed in home medicine; the Parthenocissus quinquefolia (l.) Planch called cimarron parrilla bark and twigs are used. With juice, in addition to wine, they prepare the agraz, which is used as a refresher. The ripe grape is slightly laxative and the raisins are used as pectorals in cooking and infusion. In Venezuela, the ubiquitous leaves are used in poultices for the cure of inflamed tumors; the stems are wrapped around the joints, stretched and sore. Also, ubí vine is a good remedy for hemorrhoids. The ground plant of the grape vine is used in a poultice to fight inflammation. In the eyes of everyone is the ubiquitous beetle in Cuban communities with health and wellness benefits that surprise everyone. Click here for more tips

http://bestofftops.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-amazing-properties-of-ubi-vine.html

[chicken-scratchdotcom-blog]

For just $9.95 1 Package of 12 Seeds Solitary or clustering palm. Stem to 1 - 4 5 m, without leaf sheaths to about 10 - 30 40 cm in diam., with crowded diamond-shaped, persistent leaf-bases, internodes very short. Leaves to 2 m long; pseudopetiole 20 - 40 cm long; leaf sheath reddish- brown, fibrous; acanthophylls about 15 on each side of rachis, yellow-green to orange, to 20 cm long. Pistillate flowers with calyx cupule 1.5 - 2 mm high, yellow; petals orange-pink to yellow, 2 - 2.5 x 3 - 4 mm. Fruit restricted to the distal half to two thirds of rachilla, ovoid to obovoid, 9 - 18 x 5 - 9 mm, maturing from green to blue-black when ripe. A very robust species which will thrive in temperate or tropical climates and, found to 1700m 5600ft altitude, it tolerates quite hard frosts. Germinate in vitro in gelatin, agar or other medium. Pre-soak seeds for 3 days in warm water and sow in containers. Germination takes 2 to 4 months.

[deadassdiaspore]

Magnolia champaca is a large evergreen tree up to 164 feet (50 m) tall. Its trunk can be up to 6.2 feet (1.9 m) in diameter. The tree has a narrow umbelliform crown. It has strongly fragrant flowers in varying shades of cream to yellow-orange, during June to September. The obovoid-ellipsoid carpels produce 2 to 4 seeds during September to October.

[kaifyer]

The void - de-void. 

Void. 

Obovoid, oboid, subovoid? 

Nay; 

Naevoid, cuboid. 

Avoid

 a void.

[kevinscottgardens]

17 au 23 janvier 2022

Exciting week. Monday I discovered the newly planted Vibernum were sulking so I watered all of the newly planted hedge. It’s been about three weeks and we have not had any rain. I suppose it was about time they needed a drink. At the end of the day, my arms really hurt, which I found strange because for the most part I was just holding the hose. I found just trying to lift or carry an empty pan was proving difficult.

Tuesday I called in sick and went to my doctor’s appointment in the afternoon. I’ve been told not to work until 31 January. I’ve been prescribed lots of pain medication, an ultrasound for my elbows and physiotherapy for my shoulders.

Tuesday evening I had a really nice chat with Alek. I talked through my ideas for the new nursery area and he was very helpful. I’ll update my Sketch-up drawing and source the material. I’m concerned about the logistics of getting all the material to that part of the domaine.

Wednesday, I received the seeds from Château Perouse Botanic Garden. They were beautifully hand folded envelopes. They even sent four additional seeds not on my list. Stéphane’s surprise 50th was cancelled due to many people either down with Covid or wanting to avoid it. So I told Lucien that I was now free so he decided to come to mine from Marseille where he was on Thursday.

Thursday I had my ultrasound on my elbows. Then I went with Denis to Grasse to see how the house is coming along.

That evening Denis and I headed over to Dee’s where we enjoyed sardines, radicchio salad and teriyaki salmon for dinner.

Lucien arrived Friday in time for lunch. We then had Denis over for dinner.

Saturday afternoon Lucien and I headed to Fréjus, just to the west of Cannes, to visit his father, who has quite a bad infection in his leg. They all played belote which I just couldn’t figure out why the tricks were being won. I let them play and took a walk along the sea at sunset. I spoke with Karen on the phone and she may come over for dinner Monday.

Sunday, after breakfast, we returned to Antibes. We’re enjoying a dimanchill afternoon. My left arm isn’t improving very much.

Cours de français hebdomadaire

les travaux d'hiver - winter work 

j'ai des spasmes musculaires dans les mains - I have muscle spasms in my hands

j'ai mal aux coudes - my elbows hurt

j'ai mal aux épaules - my shoulders hurt

mes avant-bras me font mal - my forearms hurt

ça fait mal de porter une casserole vide ou même une tasse - it hurts to carry an empty pot or even a cup

je prenais de l'ibuprofène - I’ve been taking ibuprofen

je portais des manchon de compression bras - I was wearing arm compression sleeves

les spasmes musculaires me réveillent - muscle spasms wake me up

J'ai creusé des trous - I dug holes

J’ai déplacé beaucoup de terre - I moved a lot of dirt

Plant of the week

Rhamnaceae Rhamnus alaternus L.

common name(s) - Italian buckthorn, Mediterranean buckthorn; français : bourgue épine infraspecifics - Rhamnus alaternus subsp. alaternus; Rhamnus alaternus subsp. munozgarmendiae Rivas Mart. & J.M.Pizarro; Rhamnus alaternus subsp. pendula (Pamp.) Jafri synonym(s) - Alaternus angustifolia Mill.; A. balearica Duhamel ex Steud.; A. glabra Mill.; A. hispanicus Steud.; A. latifolia Mill.; A. phylica Mill.; A. rotundifolia Steud.; A. variegata Steud.; Rhamnus alaternus var. angustifolia DC.; R. alaternus var. hispanica DC.; R. alaternus var. vulgaris DC.; R. clusii Willd.; R. collina Salisb.; R. myrtifolia Willk. conservation rating - Least Concern native to - Mediterranean location - Domaine de l’Orangerie leaves - stems have reddish bark and pubescent young branches, rounded and compact foliage with alternating leaves, sometimes nearly opposite, oval or lanceolate, leathery, shiny green, yellowish-green underneath flowers - small and fragrant, in spring, gathered in a short axillary yellow-green raceme fruit - obovoidal red-brownish drupes, containing from two to four seeds, darken to black when ripe habit - a hardy, medium-sized, evergreen shrub to 3m tall habitat - widespread in thermophilic evergreen bush and scrubland of the Mediterranean climate regions, from Gran Canaria, Morocco and Portugal in the west, to the Levant in the east, from sea level up to 1,300m pests - generally pest-free disease - generally disease-free hardiness - to -10ºC (H4) soil - well-drained, calcareous, sun - full sun to part shade in very hot areas propagation - seed, cuttings pruning - damaged, dead, diseased nomenclature - Rhamnaceae - Rhamnus - an ancient name, ραμνος, for various prickly shrubs (rhamnos in Pliny) Rhamnus was a town famed for its statue of Nemesis); alaternus - alternate (referring to the leaves), an old generic name for a buckthorn, resembling buckthorn’s fissured bark NB - Its wood is heavy, hard and homogeneous, and therefore good for turning and carpentry; it was used to make small objects and utensils.

References :

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19180829/122959816 [19 Jan 22]

Monde, Le [online] https://jardinage.lemonde.fr/dossier-3503-nerprun-alaterne.html [19 Jan 22]

Plants of the World [online] https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:718169-1 [19 Jan 22]

Senteurs du Quercy, Les [online] https://www.senteursduquercy.com/autres-arbustes/592-rhamnus-alaternus-nerpruns.html [19 Jan 22]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamnus_alaternus [19 Jan 22]

World Flora Online [online] http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000462513 [19 Jan 22]

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Coryphantha connivens.

Forma: Planta obovoide, de ± 7 cm de altura y 5 a 10 cm de diámetro, con el ápice aplanado y hundido; raíz principal napiforme, cónica; tubérculos cortos y anchos, más o menos separados entre sí, de ± 2 cm de altura y ± 1.9 cm de ancho en la base, de ápice obtuso, verdes oscuros grisáceos, brillantes; surco del tubérculo completo, bien marcado, sin glándulas en su base; aréolas elípticas, de 3 a 6 mm de largo y 2 a 5 mm de ancho; espinas radiales 7 a 14, subuladas, delgadas, erectas, conniventes las superiores, que son las más delgadas, las inferiores divergentes, de 0.9 a 1 cm de largo, todas grisáceas con la punta negruzca; espinas centrales 5 ó 6, ubicadas un poco fuera del centro de la aréola, gruesas, divergentes, de 1.5 a 1.6 cm de largo; pericarpelo desnudo, de ± 1 cm de largo; tubo desnudo, blanco-amarillento en la parte inferior y verdoso en la parte superior; segmentos exteriores del perianto oblanceolados, hasta de 1.3 cm de largo, ápice finamente dentado y bordes inferiores con dientes distanciados los unos de los otros, amarillo-verdosos con amplia banda mediana castaño-rojiza, más clara hacia la base, segmentos interiores oblanceolados, ápice acuminado, hasta de 1.8 cm de largo, bordes finamente dentados hacia el ápice, amarillos-dorados-verdosos con estrías rosadas-verdosas claras; filamentos introrsos, anteras amarillo-doradas; estilo de ± 2 cm de largo, amarillo muy claro, lóbulos del estigma 8, extendidos, divergentes, de ± 0.5 cm de largo, del mismo color del estilo.

Flores: Flores infundibuliformes, de 4 a 6 cm de largo y 6 a 7 cm de ancho en la antesis.

Frutos: Fruto subgloboso, blanco-amarillento en la parte inferior y verde en la parte superior.

Abundancia: Grande.

"Chichita de burro"

Cylindropuntia imbricata.

Forma: Planta arbustiva, de 1 a 4 m de altura, ramosa; tronco principal ramificado, del cual salen artículos verticilados, casi horizontales, de ± 20 cm de largo y ± 3 cm de diámetro; tubérculos imbricados, a veces prominentes, largamente elípticos, aplanados lateralmente; aréolas apicales con hoja basal crasa, subulada, de 1 a 2 cm de largo, verde con tintes purpúreos, caduca, también con lana y glóquidas, espinas 6 a 12, subuladas, desiguales, de 2.5 a 3 cm de largo, no diferenciadas en radiales y centrales, no muy entrelazadas entre sí, recubiertas de una vaina papirácea pajiza, que se desprende con facilidad; pericarpelo obcónico, de ± 2 cm de largo, con tubérculos prominentes, uniformemente repartidos; aréolas con escama basal subulada, de 1 a 1.4 cm de largo, verde clara con el ápice rojizo, con lana, glóquidas amarillentas, caducas con facilidad, espinas 3 a 8, desiguales, pajizas, recubiertas de vaina papirácea de igual color, espinas setosas escasas, hasta de 2 cm de largo; segmentos exteriores del perianto obovados a anchamente oblongos, ápice apiculado, margen ondulado, bordes casi enteros o finamente dentados, dispuestos en 2 series de espirales, de 1.2 a 1.5 cm de largo y ± 1.1 cm de ancho en la parte superior, amarillo-verdosos con tintes purpúreos, más claros en los bordes, y en la parte mediana verde-amarillentos, segmentos interiores escasos, oblanceolados a angostamente obovados, con el ápice escotado y redondeado, a veces mucronado, margen lacerado hacia el ápice, finamente dentado, de 1.2 a 2.2 cm de largo y ± 1.5 cm de ancho en la parte superior, purpúreos a rosados; filamentos rectos o introrsos, de ± 1 cm de largo, purpúreos; estilo cilíndrico, ligeramente angostado en la base, de 1.4 a 1.7 cm de largo y de 3 a 5 mm de ancho, purpúreo con la base más clara, lóbulos del estigma 6 a 8, de ± 6 mm de largo, amarillentos.

Flores: Flores dispuestas hacia la extremidad de las ramas, de 3.8 a 6 cm de largo.

Frutos: Fruto semicarnoso, subgloboso, elipsoide u obovoide, de 3 a 4 cm de largo o de diámetro, a veces mayor, amarillo-verdoso, con las paredes más anchas que la cavidad que contiene las semillas, recubierto de tubérculos imbricados, prominentes, con aréolas provistas de lana amarillenta, glóquidas cortas, sin espinas, a veces prolífico, formando largas cadenas de frutos, fructificación por lo común abundante ("xoconostle")

Abundancia: Amplia.

"Cardón"

Cylindropuntia pallida. 💧

Forma: Planta subarbustiva, muy ramosa, de 40 a 60 cm de altura; tronco principal corto, recubierto de corteza escamosa, que se descascara con facilidad; artículos verticilados, recubiertos de tubérculos imbricados, casi circulares, poco prominentes; aréolas con ± 6 espinas divergentes, muy entrelazadas las unas con las otras, con la base doblada, recubiertas de una vaina bien desarrollada, estrechándose en la base, amarillenta con tintes castaños, lustrosa, lo que le da un aspecto dorado o a veces plateado; pericarpelo obcónico, de ± 2.6 cm de largo, tubérculos imbricados muy prominentes, aréolas con espinas cortas y glóquidas; segmentos exteriores del perianto obovados con el ápice redondeado u obtuso, amarillo-verdosos, segmentos interiores largamente obovados, rosados claros con banda mediana verdosa, un poco más oscura en la parte superior; filamentos introrsos, los primarios blancos translúcidos y los secundarios de ± 8 mm de largo, rosados claros; ovario atrofiado, estilo de ± 1.9 cm de largo, muy ancho en la parte inferior que es blancoverdosa y en la parte superior es color de rosa, lóbulos del estigma 5, de ± 2 mm de largo, blancos.

Flores: Flores de ± 4 cm de largo y ± 2 cm de ancho en la antesis.

Frutos: Fruto seco, atrofiado en 100%, con la forma y el tamaño del pericarpelo.

Abundancia: Grande.

Echinofossulocactus crispatus. 💧

Forma: Planta globosa a subglobosa con el ápice aplanado, algo hundido, pasando con el tiempo a alargada, de 6 a 12 cm de altura, con el ápice redondeado, verde-azuloso, con lana blanca abundante, recubierto de espinas entrelazadas, solitarias o cespitosas; costillas 25 a 35, comprimidas, algo sinuosas, hasta de 1 cm de altura; aréolas circulares, de 5 a 7 mm de diámetro, con lana blanca, caduca con el tiempo, espinas radiales (4) 6, ubicándose 2 a 4 en la parte inferior de la aréola, de 7 a 10 mm de largo, blancas, translúcidas, con el ápice y la base ambarinos, espinas centrales siempre 4, decusadas, sólo la superior es aplanada, ascendente, inclinada hacia atrás, derecha o algo encorvada, con la base ensanchada formando una especie de bulbo, con pelos asociados a ella, algo anulosa, ligeramente angulada por una quilla longitudinal incompleta, de 1.5 a 3.2 cm de largo y 2 a 4 mm de ancho en la base que es algo ensanchada, rosada con la punta de color violeta oscuro, superficie reticulada, las laterales 2, encorvadas o rectas, divergentes, algo anulosas, de 6 a 25 mm de largo y 1 a 1.5 mm de ancho, del mismo color que la superior, la inferior es punzante, muy encorvada y refleja, algo aplanada en la base, con surcos laterales, de 1 a 3 cm de largo y ± 2 mm de ancho, grisácea-violeta con el ápice más oscuro, recubierta de un pulvínulo blanco; pericarpelo con tubo de ± 8 mm de largo y ± 7 mm de ancho, verde-purpúreos, recubiertos de escamas cordiformes con el ápice mucronado, blanco, con banda mediana purpúrea, margen ondulado, bordes finamente laciniados; segmentos exteriores del perianto deltoides, con el ápice acuminado, margen ondulado, segmentos interiores dispuestos en 2 series, oblongos con el ápice acuminado o mucronado, margen ondulado, bordes finamente dentados, blancos o de color violeta claro, con banda mediana purpúrea o de color violeta; estambres alcanzando la mitad del largo de los segmentos interiores del perianto, filamentos amarillos en la base y purpúreos hacia el ápice; cámara nectarial semicerrada por el estrechamiento de las paredes del tubo, lisa; estilo de 1.1 a 1.5 mm de largo, purpúreo con la parte mediana amarillenta, lóbulos del estigma 5 a 8, emergentes, de ± 1 mm de largo, de color crema.

Flores: Flores campanuladas o cortamente infundibuliformes, de 1.5 a 2 cm de largo y de ancho en la antesis.

Frutos: Fruto elipsoide, de ± 7 mm de largo y ± 4 mm de ancho, verde-amarillento, externamente con escamas cortas, dispuestas hacia su ápice, semejantes a las del pericarpelo.

Abundancia: Grande.

Ferocactus latispinus: Planta deprimido-globosa a cilíndrica con la edad, de 15 a 50 cm o más de largo y de diámetro, ápice algo hundido, verde-azulosa, verde-grisácea o verde-amarillenta; en la juventud con 8 a 18 costillas y en estado adulto con 20 a 21 (25), éstas son angostas y agudas, separadas por un surco profundo, de 1.5 a 2.5 cm de altura; aréolas distantes 2 a 4 cm entre sí, circulares a cortamente elípticas, de 1 a 1.4 cm de largo y de 6 a 9 mm de ancho, con una depresión bien marcada en la parte inferior, lana abundante, grisácea, caduca con la edad; espinas radiales 8 a 13, anulosas, las dos inferiores aplanadas, más gruesas y más anchas que las demás, divergentes u horizontales, de 0.9 a 3.5 cm de largo, grisáceas o amarillas; espinas centrales 4, la inferior con el ápice encorvado hacia abajo o doblada hacia arriba en su parte mediana, con la punta muy ganchuda, aplanada, ancha, recubierta de una capa de cera y con anillos transversales amarillentos, de 2 a 7 mm de ancho en la base, de 2.5 a 3.5 cm de largo y con un gancho apical de 0.5 a 1.5 cm de largo, rojo, purpúreo, rojo-amarillento, amarillo o blanco-grisáceo, las 3 espinas superiores son ascendentes, divergentes, dirigidas hacia atrás, de 2.2 a 3.5 cm de largo, purpúreas o amarillas, a menudo anulosas; pericarpelo cilíndrico a obcónico, de 2 a 2.4 cm de largo y de 1.1 a 1.4 cm de ancho, con podarios aplanados, no prominentes, aréolas con axilas desnudas, escamas basales imbricadas, deltoides, con el ápice acuminado y apiculado, de 2.5 a 3.5 mm de largo y de ± 2 mm de ancho en la base, de color castaño brillante, verde claro o verde-amarillento, después amarillo brillante y el ápice amarillo pálido-verdoso, bordes laciniados blancos; segmentos exteriores del perianto dispuestos en 2 a 3 series de espirales, largamente espatulados con el ápice acuminado o rómbicos con el ápice apiculado, bordes laciniados en las partes mediana y superior o en casi toda su extensión, de 0.5 a 2.5 cm de largo, de 3 a 7 mm de ancho, purpúreos claros, base amarillo-verdosa, parte mediana y superior amarilla brillante variegada de anaranjado, márgenes blancas, translúcidas, segmentos interiores largamente espatulados, con el ápice mucronado o apiculado, bordes enteros o serrulados, a veces laciniados hacia el ápice, de 2.6 a 2.9 cm de largo, de 2 a 4 mm de ancho, purpúreos con banda mediana purpúrea-rosada, más oscura hacia el ápice, con mucrón blanco y los márgenes de color rosa claro o blanco-amarillento en la base y con banda mediana blanco-verdosa; estambres introrsos, alcanzando los dos tercios de los segmentos interiores de la flor, filamentos purpúreos o blanco-amarillentos; estilo emergente sobre los estambres, estriado, de 2.7 a 2.9 mm de largo, purpúreo con la base blanco-verdosa o blanquecina, lóbulos del estigma 13 a 16, lineales, de 5 a 7 mm de largo, internamente amarillos brillantes y externamente purpúreos o totalmente blancos

Flores: Flores infundibuliformes a cortamente infundibuliformes, diurnas, con lana en su base, de 4.6 a 5.5 cm de largo y de 4 a 5.5 cm de diámetro en la antesis, purpúreas o amarillas.

Frutos: Fruto elipsoide a ovoide, de 1.8 a 6 cm de largo y de 1.5 a 5 cm de ancho, recubierto de escamas semejantes a las del pericarpelo, pero más distanciadas entre sí, paredes delgadas.

Abundancia: Normal.

“Biznaga ganchuda”, “uña de águila”, “uña de gato"

Mamillaria magnimamma.

Forma: Planta cónica, simple o cespitosa desde la base, formando pequeños o grandes clones al ras del suelo o muy elevados, con el ápice aplanado, algo hundido en el centro, con abundante lana blanca, verde oscura a verde glauca; raíz napiforme profunda; jugo lechoso abundante en toda la planta; tubérculos dispuestos en 8 y 13 series de espirales, axilas con lana blanca, cónicos, con 4 ángulos poco marcados y redondeados en la base, de ± 1 cm de largo y ancho en la base; aréolas obovadas a circulares, de 2 a 3 mm de diámetro, con lana blanca, pasando a negruzca, caduca con la edad, espinas en número y forma variables; las radiales (1) 3 a 4 (9), subuladas, muy variables en forma y disposición en el mismo individuo y en individuos de la misma población, de 0.5 a 1 cm de largo; espinas centrales generalmente ausentes, pero a veces 1 ó 2, nunca ganchudas, más gruesas y más largas que las radiales, de 1.5 a 4 cm de largo, aplanadas en la base, a veces anguladas, generalmente encorvadas, divergentes y dirigidas hacia los lados o en diferentes direcciones, variando desde grisáceas con la base amarillenta y el ápice negruzco hasta amarillo-verdosas o blanco-rosadas con el ápice negruzco; pericarpelo con tubo de 5 a 10 mm de largo y ± 3.5 mm de ancho, crema-rosados en la base y crema-verdosos hacia arriba; segmentos exteriores del perianto crasos, oblongos con el ápice agudo, bordes ciliados, de ± 5 mm de largo y de ± 1.5 mm de ancho, de color crema oscuro, con ancha banda mediana rojo-purpúrea, más oscura en el ápice, márgenes de color crema; segmentos interiores muy delgados, oblongos, con el ápice agudo, bordes enteros o ciliados, de ± 12 mm de largo y de ± 3 mm de ancho, de color crema oscuro con banda mediana rojiza con tintes amarillos y verdosos; a veces en la misma población hay individuos con flores cuyos segmentos interiores son rosados con banda mediana rojiza; los estambres miden aproximadamente un tercio del largo de los segmentos interiores del perianto, filamentos de color crema en la base y rojizos en la parte superior; estilo de 8 a 10 mm de largo, de color crema, lóbulos del estigma 5 ó 6, de 2 a 3 mm de largo, conniventes, exsertos, castaño-rojizos.

Flores: Flores campanuladas, dispuestas en 2 círculos colocados en la proximidad del meristemo apical, de 20 a 25 mm de largo y 10 a 15 mm de ancho en la antesis.

Frutos: Fruto perfumado, claviforme, de ± 2 cm de largo y ± 4 mm de ancho, rojo-purpúreo.

Abundancia: Amplia.

“Biznaguita de chilito”

Opuntia hyptiacantha.

Forma: Planta arbustiva o arbórea, de 2 a 4 m de altura, glabra, de ramificación dicotómica, abierta, con tronco hasta de 60 cm de largo y de 36 cm de diámetro, de corteza gris-negruzca, crustácea, con aréolas caducas; artículos adultos circulares, por lo menos los terminales, a anchamente obovados, con el ápice generalmente redondeado, verde claro-grisáceo, recubierto de una capa de cera que le da tono cinéreo, de 30 a 40 cm de largo, de 26 a 29 cm de ancho y 1.2 a 1.8 cm de espesor; aréolas dispuestas en 11 a 12 series de espirales, distantes ± 2.3 cm entre sí, elípticas, de ± 4 mm de largo y ± 2 mm de ancho, con lana grisácea pasando a negruzca con el tiempo, espinas 5 ó 6, siendo 1 rígida, erecta, de ± 0.8 cm de largo, aplanada en la base y 4 ó 5 adpresas al artículo, negruzcas, hasta de 2 cm de largo, rígidas, glóquidas amarillo-rojizas, caducas, hasta de 2 mm de largo, con 2 pelos cerdosos negros en la parte inferior de la aréola, hasta de 1 cm de largo, adpresos al tallo; pericarpelo subgloboso, de ± 3 cm de diámetro, verde, con 6 a 7 series de espirales de aréolas cercanas entre sí, con cerdas castaño-rojizas y espinas blancas, hasta de 1 cm de largo, unas subrígidas y otras flexuosas, criniformes, con escama basal deltoide, caduca, roja; segmentos exteriores del perianto dispuestos en 2 series de espirales, los más externos crasos, deltoides, ápice acuminado, finamente dentado en la parte superior, delgados, de ± 5 mm de largo y ± 4 mm de ancho en la base, los otros son espatulado-acuminados, de ± 1.3 cm de largo y ± 8 mm de ancho en el ápice y de ± 4 mm de ancho en la base, verde-amarillentos con tintes castaño-rojizos hacia el ápice, segmentos interiores obovados, bordes enteros, ondulados, de 2.5 a 3 cm de largo y 1.2 a 2 cm de ancho en la parte superior y ± 7 mm en la base, amarillos, pasando al segundo día a anaranjados; estambres alcanzando la mitad del largo de los segmentos interiores, hasta de 1.5 cm de largo, amarillos pálidos; estilo blanco, lóbulos del estigma 8, emergentes, verdes.

Flores: Flor de ± 5 cm de largo.

Frutos: Fruto globoso a subgloboso, de 2.5 a 3 cm de diámetro, con paredes de 8 a 10 mm de espesor, que corresponden a aproximadamente un cuarto de su diámetro total, recubierto de ± 8 series de espirales de aréolas, distantes ± 9 mm entre sí, éstas obovadas, de 2 a 2.5 mm de diámetro, con abundante fieltro castaño-rojizo y glóquidas cortas, rojizas, caducas.

Abundancia: Grande.

“Nopal cascarón”, “tuna corriente”, “tuna mansa”

Opuntia tomentosa.

Forma: Planta arbustiva a arborescente, copa irregular, abierta, de 2.5 a 6 m de altura, con epidermis pubescente; tronco definido, de 14 cm a 2.2 m de altura y 18 a 70 cm de ancho, con aréolas distantes 4 a 5 cm entre sí, provistas de 6 a 14 espinas, hasta de 2.5 cm de largo, corteza casi lisa a crustácea, desprendiéndose en tiras longitudinales; artículos adultos oblongos, obovados a elípticos, 2 a 3 veces más largos que anchos, de 22 a 26 cm de largo, de 8.5 a 12.5 cm de ancho y de 3.2 a 3.5 cm de espesor, verdes oscuros a verdes oscuros-grisáceos; aréolas con podarios prominentes, en semicírculo u obovadas, dispuestas en ± 10 series de espirales, distantes 1.5 a 2.5 cm entre sí, oblongas a obovadas, de 2 a 2.5 mm de largo, con lana castaño-grisácea pasando a negruzca con el tiempo o gris-negruzca, glóquidas desiguales, dispuestas en la parte superior de la aréola, amarillas oscuras a castaño-amarillentas, de 1 a 3 mm de largo, caducas con la edad, espinas ausentes en las aréolas inferiores o en casi todas las aréolas, con excepción de los bordes, donde puede haber 1 ó 2, flexibles, blancas o amarillentas, hasta de 1 cm de largo, o bien, ausentes en las aréolas inferiores y con 1 ó 2 (4) en las demás, aplanadas, a veces torcidas, más o menos robustas, no diferenciadas en radiales y centrales, la inferior refleja, de 1 a 4.5 cm de largo, amarillentas o grisáceas variegadas de amarillo; yema floral con largas cerdas del pericarpelo que recubren el perianto; pericarpelo de 1.3 a 3.5 cm de largo, con 6 a 7 series de espirales de aréolas, éstas elípticas, distantes 4 a 6 mm entre sí, con tubérculos prominentes, con lana castaño-amarillenta, escama basal amarillenta, glóquidas amarillas con la base rojiza, espinas setosas 1 ó 2, de ± 2 mm de largo; segmentos exteriores del perianto deltoides u oblongos pasando a espatulados, ápice acuminado y borde dentado o la parte superior redondeada, cortamente apiculada, borde inferior liso y el superior finamente dentado, blancos, con amplia banda mediana verde-amarillenta en la base pasando a amarillo-verdosa y a castaño-rojiza hacia el ápice, segmentos interiores espatulados, con bordes dentados a lisos en la parte inferior y finamente dentados hacia el ápice, de 2.7 a 4 cm de largo, purpúreos a amarillos, a veces variegados de rojo; anteras alcanzando un tercio del largo de la flor, filamentos hasta de 1.2 cm de largo, rosa-rojizos o blanco-verdosos los inferiores y los superiores amarillos; estilo de 1.1 a 2.2 cm de largo, purpúreo a blanco con tintes rosados, lóbulos del estigma 6 a 9, de 3 a 5 mm de largo, blancos con estría dorsal rojiza o verdes claros o amarillos ligeramente verdosos.

Flores: Flores de 3.5 a 6 cm de largo, tubulosas a rotáceas.

Frutos: Fruto elipsoide a piriforme, de 3.2 a 5 cm de largo, paredes de ± 4 mm de espesor, purpúreas, paredes exteriores con 6 a 7 series de espirales de aréolas distantes 0.6 a 1.5 cm entre sí, con lana castaño-amarillenta, glóquidas abundantes, castañas o amarillo-doradas, con o sin espinas setosas.

Abundancia: Normal.

"Nopal"