Neomammillaria standleyi
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 97. 1923 [24 Dec 1923]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Neomammillaria standleyi
Author
Britton & Rose
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Plants usually solitary but at times forming large clumps of nearly 1 meter wide, densely coveredwith spines;
Central Spines
(2-)4, reddish brown, longer and stouter than the radials, erect, 5-9 mm long.
Seeds
Brown.
Axils
More or less woolly when young, later with five to seven white bristles, the flowering and fruiting axils are filled with dense white wool.
Tubercles
Firm, conical, keeled, with latex.
Flowers
Funnelform, purplish red, rather small up to 12 mm long and in diameter. Inner perianth-segments oblong, entire; filaments pale; stigma-lobes green;
Stem
Flattened globose, pale green, up to 10 cm in diameter, occasionally dichotomously branched.
Radial Spines
About 16, slightly spreading, white with darkertips, 4-8 mm long.
Fruits
Club shaped, scarlet, 12-16 mm long.