Mammillaria scheerii

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Read about Mammillaria scheerii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mammillaria scheerii, Muhlpf. (Echinocactus Poselgerianus, A. Dietr.). Sts. ovate-globose, 3-6 in. diam.. usually simple: tubercles large and distant, deeply grooved, with 1-5 glands in the groove: spines stout, rigid, sometimes reddish; radials 6-16; centrals 1-5, stouter and longer, 1 very stout and porrect: fls. 2 in. long: seeds large for the genus. S. W. Texas and southward in Mex.—Muhlenpfordt described 2 species of Mammillaria under this name. The first one, founded in 1845, has purple fls., and is different from the one here described. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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