Description: Slow growing, dwarf bonsai-like shrub, the typical variety is erect to about 20 cm. The plant has a swollen rootstock which qualifies it to be a caudiciform. It is a winter growing species, the growth starts as early as October, but really takes off during the first warmer days of spring.
Caudex and stems: The caudex is slightly thickened, with many well branched pale greyish to blackish stems, side branchlets usually short, nearly always leafless, the bark faking.
Caudex and stems: The caudex is slightly thickened, with many well branched pale greyish to blackish stems, side branchlets usually short, nearly always leafless, the bark faking.