Mammillaria pusilla
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Mammillaria pusilla, DC. (Cactus stellatus, Willd. M. stellaris, Haw.). Low, globular, proliferous, making large masses: tubercles cylindrical, small and loosely spreading; axils with long, hair-like, tortuous bristles: radial spines 12-20, very soft and flexuous; centrals 4-6, yellowish, a little rigid, pubescent: fls. yellowish white. W. Indies. Var. multiceps, Salm. Larger: tubercles upright, crowded: radial spines numerous; centrals 6-8, slender, pubescent, reddish yellow. Mex. Var. texana, Engelm. Larger than the last: spines in 3 series; outer capillary, crisped, 30-50; interior 10-12, a little more rigid, pubescent, white; centrals 5-8, longer, stouter, pubescent, yellow at tip. Texas and adjacent Mex.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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