© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Mammillaria tepexicensis
Cact. Suc. Mex. 36: 62 (fig.). 1991
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria tepexicensis
Author
J.Meyran
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4-5 (occasionally up to 8) hooked, flexible, yellowish with darker brown tip, short (approx 4-5 mm long)
Seeds
Black.
Description
Tiny solitary plant.
Flowers
Pink with darker midveins, up to 15 mm accross.
Stem
2-3(-4) cm tall and in diameter, dark green. Axil naked.
Radial Spines
About 30 white 5-6 m long.
Fruits
2-4 mm in diameter, dark green, thin walled and firmly set within the tubercles.