Mexican Pincushion

This is a very variable species and as a result been given many synonyms.
Other synonyms include: Mammillaria seitziana, Mammi...Read Morellaria priessnitzii, Mammillaria saxicola, Mammillaria vallensis, Mammillaria rioverdensis, Chilita zuccariiana, Mammillaria centricirrha fa. magnimamma, Mammillaria centricirrha var. magnimamma, Neomammillaria magnimamma, Cactus centricirrhus, Mammillaria rioverdense, Neomammillaria vagaspina, Mammillaria centricirrha var. zuccariniana & Neomammillaria zuccariniana.

Hardy good grower for Southern California with sparse, curved white spines and randomly spaced pink flowers part of the year. In winter,...Read More the nodules typical of all Mammillarias have a bit of pink to them. Cactus otherwise a dark green. Have dug up this plant several times to move it about the yard and it has a root like a tuber- massive. Starts with one large central plant and eventually suckers out in all directions.