Mammillaria dioica

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Read about Mammillaria dioica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mammillaria dioica, Brandeg. (M. Goodrichii, of Calif.). Simple or cespitose from the base, ovate to cylindrical, 3-8 in. high: tubercles somewhat angular and leathery: radial spines 11-22, white, with brown or purple tips; centrals 1-4, longer and darker, the upper turned up among the radials, the lower porrect and strongly hooked: fls. often unisexual, yellowish white with rosy streak. Calif, and Low. Calif. Var. insularis, Brandeg. (M. Palmeri, Coulter, not of Jacobi). Sts. densely cespitose, shorter: axils densely woolly: spines much whiter, usually all straight. San Benito Id. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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