Xerophyte

Central Spines

1 straight, 10-30(-40) mm long (occasionally 2 or 3 or even 0).

Description

This is a stable genetic mutation from a very variable spined species Mammillaria spinosissimaSN|13783]]SN|13783]], in which each areole only produces one spine, but some perfectly spineless areoles are also present.

Tubercles

Ovate conical, four-sided basally, the axil is lightly woolly. Tubercle arrangement

Flowers

Purple red, 12 mm long and in diameter.

Radial Spines

0

Fruits

Red or greenish.