Xerophyte

Central Spines

1 to 4, up to 7 mm long, erect, straight or hooked, but difficult to distinguish from radials.

Seeds

Black.

Description

Mammillaria glassiiSN|5392]]SN|5392]] is a small rapidly clumping plant that forms large, low clusters, with numerous basal branches, densely covered in fluffy white spines. No subspecies are now recognized, they are all subsumed under the species as synonyms.

Roots

Fibrous.

Tubercles

Cylindrical, up to 7 mm tall, with watery juice (without latex).

Flowers

Very small, funnel shaped, often not opening completely, creamy-yellow to light pink, up to 14 mm long, 3-22 mm across.

Blooming Season

It one of the earliest mammillarias to flower in spring.

Stem

Individual stems are short, globose, becoming cylindrical, 3-10 cm tall.

Radial Spines

50 - 60, hairlike, white, interlacing, 10 - 15 mm long,

Fruits

Protruding, very ornamental green, becoming pink-reddish, up to 20 mm long.

Areoles

Circular, naked. The axil is furnished with10 to 20 fine, white bristles, up to 25 mm long or almost naked.