Location: Tamaulipas

Ariocarpus retusus LRM175, a plant of typical retusus type but lacking the apical areole.

Comments

An extremely interesting population of A. retusus growing in Tamaulipas, The majority of the plants are of distinctive appearance with a raised rounded edge to the tubercle and lacking an apical areole, other specimens have a more A. trigonus like appearance, typical A. retusus types are also present. These plants may represent what Josef Halda has described as A. retusus subsp. panarottoi, whilst an interesting variant, the plants appear to fall within the range of A. retusus subsp. retusus