woolly-nipple-cactus

Mammillaria mammillaris

Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H.Karst. 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 WINSL, NLABO, WINSV, TRTOO, WINMA, WIN, VNA, CLM, WINDO, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLMOO, NORTHERNSOUTH_AMERICA; S. Caribbean, NE. Colombia to N. Venezuela.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, seasonally dry tropical.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 mammillaris (L.) H.Karst.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134797-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria mammillaris". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5626105
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Native Habitat

S. Caribbean, NE. Colombia to N. Venezuela

Automatically collected source range/note: WIN_SL, NLA_BO, WIN_SV, TRT_OO, WIN_MA, WIN, VNA, CLM, WIN_DO, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLM_OO, NORTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA; S. Caribbean, NE. Colombia to N. Venezuela.