Snowball cactus

Snowball cactus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Genus: Mammilloydia
Buxb.
Species: M. candida
Binomial name
Mammilloydia candida
(Scheidw.) Buxb.
Synonyms

Chilita candida (Scheidw.) Orcutt
Chilita estanzuelensis (H.Moeller ex A.Berger) Buxb.
Mammillaria candida Scheidw.
Mammillaria estanzuelensis H.Moeller ex A.Berger
Mammillaria ortizrubiana (Bravo) Werderm. ex Backeb.
Mammilloydia candida subsp. ortizrubiana (Bravo) Krainz
Mammilloydia ortizrubiana (Bravo) Buxb.
Neomammillaria ortizrubiana Bravo

The snowball cactus (Mammilloydia candida) is a species of cacti and the sole species of the genus Mammilloydia. It originates from Mexico.