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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Mammillaria nivosa
Enum. Diagn. Cact. 11. 1837 et Beschr. Synon. Cact. 12 (1837). Type: cultivated plant, no specimens known, neotype undesignated.
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria nivosa
Author
Link ex Pfeiff.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Usually 1, similar to radials.
Seeds
Brown.
Tubercles
Obtusely conical, laterally compressed. The axil is densely woolly.
Flowers
Diurnal 2 cm yellowish. Stigmas yellow.
Blooming Season
Early spring.
Stem
Globose to short cylindrical, dark green to bronze, 8 - 10 cm in diameter. With latex. Parastichy
Radial Spines
6-13, straight and very sharp bright yellow to dark brown, to 20 mm long.
Fruits
Club shaped, dark red,