Biology:Mammillaria schiedeana

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Short description: Species of cactus

Mammillaria schiedeana
Mammillaria schiedeana plant.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species:
M. schiedeana
Binomial name
Mammillaria schiedeana
C.Ehrenb.

Mammillaria schiedeana is a species of Mammillaria native to Mexico that was first described in 1838 by C. Ehrenb.[1]

Description

Mammillaria schiedeana has a circle of yellow thorns around its growing point, with the rest being white. It has turbicles like all other Mammillaria species. This plant is also a rapid clumper.[2]

Flowers

Its flowers are white and in a "crown" like other Mammillaria species.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1748372 entry