Coryphantha recurvata Calamintha The floral tube is a

The floral tube is a bright clear red and the petals are bright yellow where they divide and reflex open at the throat of the floral tube

it is foraged as an edible asparagus substitute

highlighted with tiny black flecks

Each leaf is edged with a wide green border that ages to gold

so no unwanted offspring

Coryphantha recurvata Calamintha The floral tube is aCoryphantha recurvata is a small barrel cactus native to the mountains (up to 6,000' elevation) of Southern Arizona, which has thrived for us in the humid, rainy southeast US. Coryphantha recurvata forms prolifically offsetting mounds of 6" tall x 10" wide barrels, each adorned in yellow, downward aimed spines. The barrels are topped with a mass of small yellow flowers, starting for us in mid summer.