Xerophyte

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.