Mammillaria bombycina
First description by Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 149 with fig. (1910)
Body: Plants often forming clumps to 80 cm (31 in) wide. Stems depressed globose to club shaped, bright green, 7 - 14 cm (2.8 - 5.5 in) high, 5 - 6 cm (2 - 2.4 in) in diameter.
Roots:
Sap: Occasionally latex in tubercules.
Tubercule arrangement:
Tubercule: Tubercules conical to cylindrical, firm.
Axil: With dense wool and bristles.
Radial spine: 30 - 64, stiff, thin, needle-like, glassy white, to yellowish white to 8 mm (0.3 in) long.
Central spine: 3 - 8, yellow with dark tips, or reddish brown, lowermost one hooked and to 20 mm (0.8 in) long, others straight and to 11 mm (0.4 in) long.
Flower: Funnelform, pink to white, to 15 mm (0.6 in) long and in diameter.
Fruit: Pale pinkish green.
Seed: Dark reddish brown, with partially lateral hilum.
Flowering period in Cultivation (Europe):
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Geographic Distribution: Aguascalientes and Jalisco, Mexico. Altitude 2.340 to 2.500 m.
Comments: One of the most popular and readily available Mammillaria, this species will produce large clumps. One of the easier species to grow, it is an easy bloomer.
Bibliography: <br>John Pilbeam (1999) - Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook - page 55.
<br>Edward F. Anderson (2001) - The Cactus Family - page 409.
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