El I-Tephrocactus articulatus Yi-cactus enobume obunomdla obutsala umdla omkhulu. Ayisiyo ikholam yecactus eqhelekileyo efikelela kwiimitha ezininzi ukuphakama, kodwa yeyenye ehlala imfutshane, efanelekileyo xa sifuna ukuyikhulisa embizeni.
Nangona kulula ukuyifumana iyathengiswa kwiindawo zokugcina abantwana, bambalwa kakhulu abantu abayaziyo imilinganiselo yabantu abadala kwaye bungaphantsi umbala weentyatyambo zabo. Ukuba ufuna ukuyeka ukuba ngomnye wabo, sukuyeka ukufunda.
I-Tephrocactus articulatus ligama lenzululwazi ye-cactus endemic eArgentina, ngakumbi eCórdoba, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis nase Santiago del Estero echazwe nguLudwig Karl Georg Pleiffer no Curt Curtkeberg ngo-1953.
Iphawuleka ngokuba nokukhula nkqo, ngeziqu ezime nkqo okanye ezime njengeklabhu ezilingana ne-5cm ubukhulu kunye ne-30 ukuya kwi-120cm ubude.. Kuzo sinokubona ukusuka kwi-4 ukuya kwi-40 areoles kwicandelo ngalinye, apho ngesiqhelo kuhluma ameva ngenani le-1 ukuya kwi-8 eguqukayo kwaye icabalele ubude bayo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-15cm. Iintyatyambo zimhlophe okanye zipinki ngombala kwaye zilinganisa i-4,5 ubude nge-8,3 cm ububanzi. Isiqhamo si-spherical to conical kwaye sizi-3cm ubude.
Ekulimeni kubonakala kulula kakhulu ukukhathalela kunye nokugcina i-cactus, ethi wanelisekile ngokubekwa kwilanga elipheleleyo, kwi-substrate ehambisa kakuhle (njengee-cheekbones okanye isanti yomlambo) kwaye bayinkcenkceshela kancinane, ukunqanda ukuxinana kwamanzi ngalo lonke ixesha. Nangona kunjalo, ukuze ikhule ngcono, kuyacetyiswa ukuba uyitshintshele yonke imithombo emibini kwaye uyiqokelele ukusuka entwasahlobo ukuya ekwindla emva kwexesha ngesichumisi se-cactus elandela imiyalelo ebekiweyo kwiphakheji.
Konke okunye, kuya kufuneka uyazi ukuba ukumelana ne -2ºC.