Mammillaria recurvata

Plant Characteristics

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Read about Mammillaria recurvata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mammillaria recurvata, Engelm. (M. recurvispina, Engelm. M. nogalensis, Runge). Sts. depressed-globose and often deeply concave, 6-8 in. diam., forming large masses 1-3 ft. diam.: tubercles short, with usually a large gland in the groove near the apex: spines yellow or whitish, stiff, recurved-pectinate, interwoven and covering the whole plant; radials 18-20; central 1, rarely 2, recurved: fls. about 1 in. long, brownish outside. Near Nogales, Ariz., and southward in Sonora. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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