Mammillaria cornuta

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Mammillaria cornuta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mammillaria cornuta, Hildmann. Depressed-globose or hemispherical, small, grayish green: tubercles large, flattened and imbricated; areoles round: radial spines 5-7, stout, short, compressed, radiant, grayish, the upper longer; central 1, stouter, as long as the radials: fls. rose-red. "In age the spines fall off and the plant, covered with imbricated, scale-like tubercles, reminds one of a pineapple." Mex. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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