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Mammillaria pusilla, DC. (Cactus stellatus, Willd. M. stellaris, Haw.). Low, globular, proliferous, making large masses: tubercles cylindrical, small and loosely spreading; axils with long, hair-like, tortuous bristles: radial spines 12-20, very soft and flexuous; centrals 4-6, yellowish, a little rigid, pubescent: fls. yellowish white. W. Indies.
Var. multiceps, Salm. Larger: tubercles upright, crowded: radial spines numerous; centrals 6-8, slender, pubescent, reddish yellow. Mex.
Var. texana, Engelm. Larger than the last: spines in 3 series; outer capillary, crisped, 30-50; interior 10-12, a little more rigid, pubescent, white; centrals 5-8, longer, stouter, pubescent, yellow at tip. Texas and adjacent Mex.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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