Escobaria emskoetteriana

A small plant that can take on a solitary or prolifera form. Its stem, which is globular and of a dark green color, has numerous elongated tubercles, on whose apexes, from white and downy areoles, spines emerge. The radial spines are thin, of a yellowish color, the central ones, which grow only at the apex, are thick, pointed and are of a reddish color.