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

  1. 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
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria lasiacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384022
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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.