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Endangered
CITES App. II
Mammillaria polythele sin pico
(Spineless cultivar, a.k.a. forma inermis or "Stachellos")
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria polythele sin pico
Author
hort.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Note
A rare peculiarity of this plant is that the flowers are produced either from the axil and from the apex of the tubercles too.
Flowers
Many rose to pinkish purple irregularly distributed near crown, up to 10 mm long, 12 mm in diameter, with a very long flowering time from spring to summer, Fruit