Coryphantha erecta branches from the base and forms clumps. The cylindrical bright green shoots reach heights of up to 50 centimeters with diameters of 5 to 8 centimeters. The conical warts, which are up to 8 millimeters long, are loosely placed together. The axillae bear white wool and yellow nectar glands. The two, rarely four, yellowish-brown central spines are directed downwards and up to 2 centimeters long. The eight to thirteen golden-brown, up to 1.2 centimeter long, marginal spines are spread out, straight and pimpled.
The short, funnel-shaped, almost wheel-shaped yellow flowers are 5 to 6 centimeters long and reach a diameter of up to 7.5 centimeters. The cylindrical green fruits reach a length of up to 1.5 centimeters.[3]
The first description as Mammillaria erecta by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer was published in 1837.[4] The specific epithet erecta comes from Latin, means 'upright' and refers to the upright shoots of the plant. Charles Lemaire placed the species in the genus Coryphantha in 1868.[5] Further nomenclature synonyms are Cactus erectus (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze (1891) and Glandulifera erecta (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Frič (1924).
^Association), Adrian Lüthy (Swiss Cactus; Association), Reto Dicht (Swiss Cactus; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist (2009-11-16). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
^Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 151. ISBN3-8001-4573-1.
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