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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Mammillaria elegans
Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. xvii. (1828) 111.
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria elegans
Author
DC.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Solitary, seldom branching cactus.
Central Spines
2, often only 1, stout needle-like to awl-shaped, straight or a little bent, grey-brown, darker at the tip, 5-8 mm long.
Flowers
Bright rose-red with darker midstripe, 15-20 mm long.
Stem
Globose, 5-8 cm in diameter, slightly depressed at the apex with little wool. Abundant wool in the young axils. Don’t contain latex.
Radial Spines
16-18, white, slender, needle-like, interlacing somewhat curved, longer at the sides, 1-5 mm long.