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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Cacti
  7. Globular Cacti
  8. Pincushion Cactuses

genus

Pincushion Cactuses

Mammillaria

Traits
Includes
1 native 1 introduced 13 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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  • Little Nipple Cactus present
  • Mexican Pincushion Cactus
  • Gold Lace Cactus present
  • Little Nipple Cactus present
  • Mammillaria uncinata
  • Silver Cluster Cactus native
  • Mammillaria haageana
  • Mammillaria vetula
  • Rainbow Pincushion present
  • Lace-spine Nipple Cactus present
  • Mother of Hundreds present
  • Mammillaria carnea
  • Rat-tail Nipple Cactus present
  • Twin-spine Cactus present
  • Mammillaria formosa
  • Mammillaria albilanata
  • Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii
  • Mammillaria geminata present
  • Mammillaria chionocephala present
  • Mammillaria polythele
  • Mammillaria scrippsiana
  • Mammillaria wagneriana
  • Mammillaria grusonii
  • Mammillaria bocensis

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native pincushion cactuses All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Silver Cluster Cactus Mammillaria prolifera food 1

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