Mammillaria magnimamma

Mammillaria magnimamma
Mammillaria magnimamma at the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Genus:	Mammillaria
Species:	M. magnimanna
Binomial name
Mammillaria magnimamma Haw.
Synonyms
Mammillaria macracantha Mammillaria zuccariniana Mammillaria centricirrha Mammillaria bucareliensis Mammillaria vagaspina Mammillaria priessnitzii Mammillaria saxicola Mammillaria vallensis Mammillaria rioverdensis

Mammillaria magnimamma, common name Mexican Pincushion, is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family.

Description

Mammillaria magnimamma is a perennial globose plant reaching a height of 15-30 cm and a diameter of about 13 cm. At first it grows solitary, but later form large clumps rising above ground level. Tubercules are four-sided, with latex and the axils have dense white wool. The radial spines are 2 - 5, quite variable and unequal, with dark tips, 15 - 45 mm long. Flowers are pink or white cream with reddish midveins and a diameter of 20 - 25 mm. They are blooming in mid Spring. Fruits are club shaped, dark red, about 20 mm long and contain little brown seeds.

Distribution

This species is widespread throughout central Mexico, at an elevation of 100–2,700 metres (330–8,860 ft) above sea level.

References

• Mallillarias.net
• N. L. Britton, J. N. Rose: The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Band IV, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, S. 41
• Guide
• Desert -tropical

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  Flowers of Mammillaria magnimamma
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  Mammillaria magnimamma toluca
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  Fruit of Mammillaria magnimamma