| Author: |
N. Lord Britton & Joseph N. Rose, 1923 |
| Family: |
CACTACEAE |
| Origin: |
Metztitlan, Hidalgo; Mexico, Texas |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Minimum |
| Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
| Height: |
12
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Finger
Cactus, Nipple Cactus, Finger-mound |
| Synonyms: |
Mammillaria
longimamma, A. P. de Candolle, 1829 =
Cactus alpinus, Kuntze.
Cactus barlowii, Kuntze.
Cactus longimamma, Kuntze.
Cactus uberiformis, Kuntze.
Dolichothele longimamma, Britton & Rose.
Dolichothele longimamma subsp. uberiformis,
Krainz.
Dolichothele uberiformis, Britton & Rose.
Mammillaria alpina, Mart. ex Salm-Dyck.
Mammillaria barlowii, Regel & E.Klein
Mammillaria gigantothele, C.F.Först..
Mammillaria globosa, Linke.
Mammillaria hexacentra, Otto ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria laeta, Meinsh. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler.
Mammillaria longimamma var. congesta, Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria longimamma var. globosa, K.Schum.
Mammillaria longimamma var. hexacantha, O.Berg.
Mammillaria longimamma f. hexacentra, Schelle.
Mammillaria longimamma var. uberiformis, K.Schum.
Mammillaria uberiformis var. gracilior, Meinsh.
Mammillaria uberiformis var. hexacentra,
Salm-Dyck
Neomammillaria longimamma, Fosberg.
Neomammillaria uberiformis, Fosberg. |
This member of the
Cactaceae family was given
this name by
Nathaniel Lord Britton & Joseph Nelson Rose in 1923. It is
found from Metztitlan and Hidalgo, Mexico up to Texas. It grows in a
well drained soil with some water and not much sun. Old
plants form a caudex, which can grow to six centimetres in diameter, the whole
plant to twelve centimetres. The flowers are yellow and the plant
can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
The name is derived
from the Greek dolikos for 'long', and thele
for 'nipple' or 'breast'. The species name means 'long mum' or 'long
breast'.
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