Mammillaria subducta
Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens ed.2, 55 (1989) Remarks: Basionym cited indirectly via literature reference given on p. 57. Also, see Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens, 55 (1987)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria subducta
Author
(D.R.Hunt) Repp.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
About 12, white to yellowish or rusty-red, 7-10 mm long, distinct, stouter and intergrading with the radials.
Seeds
Black.
Description
Mammillaria lauiSN|11877]]SN|11877]] subs. subducta is a low growing cactus species usually forming big clusters or cushions, densely covered with bristly spines. It differs from the standard species for its noticeably, somewhat stout, white, yellowish or rusty-red central spines. (the other subspecies lack distinct central spines)
Tubercles
Cylindrical, tubercle-axils almost naked or slightly woolly, without bristles.
Flowers
Pink or carmine, to 15 mm long and 12 mm in diameter.
Blooming Season
Spring.
Spines
All more or less similar or graded from central to radial, white, yellow or the central brown-tipped.
Stem
Depressed globose to globose or short oblong, to 6 cm tall and 4,5 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
35-60 or more, in several series, hairlike, stiff, white, 6-9 mm long.
Fruits
Cylindrical to club shaped, up to to 10 mm long, whitish or pale pink.
Areoles
Round, large, white felted.