Cactus mammillaris
Sp. Pl. 1: 466. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cactus mammillaris
Author
L.
Chinese genus
-
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
3 - 5, reddish brown, with dark tips, later grey, 7 - 8 mm long, uppermost longest.
Seeds
Small, brown, rough.
Description
Fairly slow growing and usually solitary or forming clumps.
Tubercles
Tubercules in spiralled rows, ovoidal to conical up to 1 cm tall, parastichy number 8-13, there is no or few wool in the axil.
Flowers
Diurnal, very small, inconspicuous, almost concealed among the tubercles, funnelform, white, greenish, yellowish or creamy white, 5 - 12 mm long.
Blooming Season
Late summer.
Stem
Globose to short cylindrical, light to dark green, shiny, 8 to 20 cm in diameter. With latex.
Radial Spines
Spreading, 6 - 16, yellowish-white to reddish brown, becoming grey with age, 5 - 8 mm long.
Fruits
Club shaped, scarlet-red, 10 - 20 mm long, edible.
Areoles
Rounded with abundant white wool especially the younger one..