Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum

Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum grows with brownish to grey-green, flat, disc-shaped shoots that barely protrude above the soil surface and reaches heights of 2 to 3 centimeters with diameters of up to 8 centimeters. The 11 to 15 low ribs are rounded and the roots are tuberous. The three to seven strong, backwards curved, blackish brown thorns turn gray with age. They are up to 10 millimeters long.

The whitish to light pink flowers are 3.5 to 6 centimeters long. Their flower tube is narrow. The blue-green fruits are egg-shaped. They are up to 2 centimeters long (or longer) and have a diameter of up to 1 centimeter.^[2]

Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum is widespread in the Argentine provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, San Juan and Santiago del Estero at altitudes of 100 to 1100 meters.^{[citation needed]}