Mila caespitosa
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Synonym(s): Mila kubeana, Mila nealeana, Mila alboareolata, Mila albisaetacens, Mila breviseta, Mila cereoides, Mila densiseta, Mila fortalezensis, Mila lurinensis, Mila pugionifera, Mila sublanata, Mila colorea
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 3
p.211 - Britton & Rose (1920)Plants low, rarely as much as 15 cm high, 2 to 3 cm in diameter; ribs usually 10, 3 to 5 mm high, the margins nearly straight; areoles at first densely brown-felted, 2 to 4 mm apart; spines at first yellowish with brown tips, in age becoming brown throughout; radial spines 20 or more, usually about 10 mm long; central spiens several, the longer ones up to 3 cm long; flowers about 1.5 cm long, yellow but drying reddish; inner perianth-segments oblong; tube-proper very short; stamens shorter than the perianth segments; style 8 mm long; fruit 5 to 10 mm in diameter; seed 1 mm long. |
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M. caespitosa
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Picture taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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M. caespitosa
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Picture taken at: Tony Marino's Private Collection
Photographer: Tony Marino
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M. caespitosa
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Picture taken at: Private Collection
Photographer: Joel Lode
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M. caespitosa
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Picture taken at: Gerard Ardisson's Private Collection
Photographer: Gerard Ardisson
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M. caespitosa
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Picture taken at: Gerard Ardisson's Private Collection
Photographer: Gerard Ardisson
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M. caespitosa
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Picture taken at: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ
Photographer: Scott McMahon
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Mila caespitosa subsp. pugionifera
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Synonym(s): Mila kubeana, Mila nealeana, Mila alboareolata, Mila albisaetacens, Mila breviseta, Mila cereoides, Mila densiseta, Mila fortalezensis, Mila lurinensis, Mila pugionifera, Mila sublanata, Mila colorea
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M. caespitosa subsp. pugionifera
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Peru
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M. caespitosa subsp. pugionifera
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Peru
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M. caespitosa subsp. pugionifera
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Peru
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Mila caespitosa var. sublanata
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Synonym(s): Mila kubeana, Mila nealeana, Mila alboareolata, Mila albisaetacens, Mila breviseta, Mila cereoides, Mila densiseta, Mila fortalezensis, Mila lurinensis, Mila pugionifera, Mila sublanata, Mila colorea, Mila caespitosa pugionifera
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M. caespitosa var. sublanata
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Peru
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M. caespitosa var. sublanata
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Peru
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M. caespitosa var. sublanata
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Peru
Photographer: Craig Howe
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