Mammillaria nazasensis
Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens 1988 36 (1989)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria nazasensis
Author
(Glass & R.A.Foster) Repp.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4, of which 1 is strongly hooked, strongly pubescent, pale whitish yellow to lemon yellow to orange tan.
Seeds
Black.
Description
Mammillaria nazasensisSN|9294]]SN|9295]], more often found as Mammillaria pennispinosa var. nazasensisSN|9295]]SN|9294]], is a particularly attractive small spherical, perennial cactus usually solitary or forming clumps (clustering readily in cultivation) and bearing creamy-yellow to orange tan spines, discolouring with age. Has cream yellow flowers with faint pinkish tan midstripe in spring.
Tubercles
Axil naked.
Flowers
Pale cream yellow with faint pinkish tan midstripe, 15 mm long and in diameter, stigmas pale greenish yellow to cream-white.
Blooming Season
Early Spring through late Spring.
Stem
Plants solitary , flattened globose to globose, olive green to dark green, to 2.5 - 3.5 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
16 - 19 (to 22), fine, white and very pubescent.
Fruits
Red.