Purple Spine Succulent

This short caudiciform grows up to 12 feet (3.7 meters) tall. The very thin stem is dark brown or intense purple, and is covered in lots of fine, silver, hair-like spines. It has a straight, thick, gnarled, grey trunk atop a thick, gnarled clump of knobbly, exposed roots. The branches are round and orange-yellow and are short, rigid and upright.

The smooth-edged, needle-like leaves are slate on the edges and brown at the center. They are flimsy, and take little effort to detach.

It is fast growing, taking 5 months to reach maturity. Once mature, several flowers with azure petals that gradient shift to black on the outer edge. The central disk is deep orange grow at the top, reappearing once every 9 years. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of up to 30 petals. It has a faint scent that smells like cheese.

The caudiciform's skin is nearly impenetrable, the purple flesh is slimy, and the copper sap is thin.