

Gold Lace Cactus
Mammillaria elongata
Mammillaria elongata DC. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Mammillaria.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is MEXICO, SPAAN, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, EUROPE, MXECO, MXEHI, SOUTHWESTERNEUROPE, MXEAG, SPAGI, MXE_CU, MXG; Mexico (Guanajuato to Veracruz).1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Mammillaria elongata DC.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134532-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria elongata". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8406968 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
Mexico (Guanajuato to Veracruz)
Automatically collected source range/note: MEXICO, SPA_AN, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_DU, EUROPE, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, SOUTHWESTERN_EUROPE, MXE_AG, SPA_GI, MXE_CU, MXG; Mexico (Guanajuato to Veracruz).