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Mammillaria decipiens ssp albescens

First description by Tiegel, Moeller's, Deutsch. Gaertnerzeit. 48: 260 (1933)

Body: Plants forming dense clusters. Stems globose to club shaped, deep green, to 8 cm high, 5 cm in diameter.

Roots:

Sap:

Tubercule arrangement:

Tubercule: Tubercules somewhat soft, cylindrical to obtuse.

Axil: With sparse wool and a few bristles.

Radial spine: 3 - 5, white, straight, generally shorter than the type.

Central spine: Absent, rarely 1, about 15 mm long, whitish with sometimes brownish tips, thin, straight, flexible.

Flower: Broadly funnelform, white, sometimes greenish in the lower parts, and with a brownish midstripe on the outer petals, to about 1 cm long. Stigmas yellowish.

Fruit: Yellowish green or whitish green.

Seed: Brown..

Flowering period in Cultivation (Europe):

Minimum temperature:

Habitat Substrate: Under shrubs.

Geographic Distribution: Guanajuato and Queretaro, Mexico.

Comments:

Bibliography:
John Pilbeam (1999) - Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook - page 82.
Edward F. Anderson (2001) - The Cactus Family - page 414.

Synonymes:
Dolichothele albescens
M. albescens
M. decipiens var albescens