Escobaria sneedii var. leei (CITES)

Beautiful exemplar of low-growing cactus that expands horizontally branching. The globose stem, of intense green colour, tends over time to become cylindrical and is entirely covered by thorns. The tubercles are very marked and elongated; on them we find numerous woolly white areoles from which the spines come out. We find, in fact, a multitude of radial thorns, thin and long, of white colour; on the contrary, the centrals are less thick but more robust, of white colour and some with pinkish or dark tips. E. sneedii blooms in spring, seducing with its beautiful pale pink flowers to which is added the fuchsia of the midline, giving the petals of this plant a truly unique and distinctive look.