KLOPFENSTEINII Pino & Cieza, 2009
Distribution : Peru (Dept. Cajamarca), 3190 m.
Description :
A succulent glabrous herb 28 - 35 cm tall when flowering.
Roots 3 - 5 cm long, whitish.
Stem procumbent, branching every 2 - 6 cm.
Branches 1 - 6 (-10), erect, vegetative shoots 1.7 - 5 cm long, flowering shoots up to 35 cm.
Leaves succulent, sessile, spirally arranged, crowded near the base, spreading and recurved inwards in young shoots, narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong, to 1.8 x 4 - 5 mm, to 2.5 mm thick, obtuse, subacute, spurred at base, dull green-yellowish, margins entire.
Inflorescence a terminal spike 4 - 11 cm long.
Flowers sessile, 16 - 34, bracteoles three per flower, sepals deltoid to oblong, 3 - 6 mm long, light green, petals oblong, to 6 mm long, united along margins, curved inwards, tips slightly spreading outwards, green-yellow, anthers yellow.
Flowering time : April - May.