Xerophyte

Central Spines

Absent.

Seeds

Dark brown.

Description

Mammillaria polytheleSN|20666]]SN|20666]] ssp durispina Plants solitary.

Tubercles

Prominent, globular conical with latex. Axil woolly at first, later naked. Usually in 8-13 series (but also in 21-34).

Stem

Subglobose or shortly columnar, blue green, seldom more than about 20 cm high, usually 5-6 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

6-8 radiating spines that vary in length to 15 mm long, pale to dark brown, occasionally reddish brown.