Xerophyte

Seeds

Brown.

Description

Mammillaria carneaSN|23756]]SN|23756]] is a rather robust cactus species either solitary or clustering with age. The plant typically has 4-sided angular tubercles with yellow, woolly axils and only 4 radial spines. It will reward the skilled growers with ring of fine flesh-pink flowers circling the crown of the stem.

Tubercles

4-angled, pyramidal, distinctly angled, firm, milky, their axils usually woolly, the upper ones erect, general colour clear green, waxy.

Flowers

Funnelform, pale pink or pale rose, 15-20 mm long, 12-15 mm in diameter borne in the old axils circling the crown of the plant. Outer perianth-segments up to 2 cm long, nearly erect, flesh-colored.

Spines

Mostly 4 (occasionally 5), straight to arching, rigid, reddish or pinkish brown with black tips, the lower one 8-20 mm long, twice as long as the other 3.

Stem

Spherical, becoming elongated or cylindrical, thick, rounded at the top, bluish green or almost bronze colour, 8 to 9(-20) cm high, (6-)8-12 cm in diameter sprouting from the base when old.

Radial Spines

Missing or reduced to bristles.

Fruits

Pear-shaped, obtuse, bright red.