
Lace-spine Nipple Cactus
Mammillaria lasiacantha
Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm. 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 SOUTHCENTRALUSA, NWMOO, MEXICO, MXN, MXNSI, MXECO, MXEHI, MXECU, MXETA, MXNBS, MXEGU, MXC_DF; SE. New Mexico to W. & SW. Texas and N. & C. Mexico.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 lasiacantha Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134741-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria lasiacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384022 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
SE. New Mexico to W. & SW. Texas and N. & C. Mexico
Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, NWM_OO, MEXICO, MXN, MXN_SI, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, MXE_CU, MXE_TA, MXN_BS, MXE_GU, MXC_DF; SE. New Mexico to W. & SW. Texas and N. & C. Mexico.