Young specimens of the Turk's head cactus lack the tuft of woolly hairs that characterize older plants but the spines are the same; deep red at the growing tip, they soon bend back against the body, apart from the central spine that protrudes downwards. The plant eventually reaches heights of 6 to 10 inches or more and produces large pink flowers in spring, up to 3 inches across.
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