Mammillaria longiflora
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Neomammillaria longiflora, Chilita longiflora, Krainzia longiflora, Phellosperma longiflora, Mammillaria stamperfi
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 4
p.163 - Britton & Rose (1920)Solitary or clustered, small, 3 cm in diameter, apparently not at all milky; tubercles small, terete, not grooved on upper side, 5 to 7 mm long, rather closely set and nearly hidden by the spines; radial spines about 30, acicular, 10 to 13 mm long, yellow or straw-colored, somewhat spreading; central spines 4, reddish brown, much stouter than the radials, 3 of them stright, about length of radials, 1 of them hooked at apex, twice as long as others; flowers several, even on small plants, borne near top, 2 cm long or more, with a distinct narrow tube; perianth-segments pinkish, oblong, acute; ovary very small, ovoid, more or less sunken in the axils, thin above and perhaps opening by an operculum, the lower part with the seeds persisting for years; seeds nearly globose, minutely pitted, 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter, black with prominent white hilum. |
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M. longiflora
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Picture taken at: Gunnar's Private Collection
Photographer: Gunnar Hatletveit
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M. longiflora
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Picture taken at: Ralf Holzheu's Private Collection
Photographer: Ralf Holzheu
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M. longiflora
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Picture taken at: Ralf Holzheu's Private Collection
Photographer: Ralf Holzheu
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M. longiflora
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Picture taken at: Vladimir Malov's Private Collection
Photographer: Vladimir Malov
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M. longiflora
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Picture taken at: Vladimir Malov's Private Collection
Photographer: Vladimir Malov
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M. longiflora
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Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection
Photographer: Juergen Menzel
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Mammillaria longiflora subsp. stamperfi
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Neomammillaria longiflora, Chilita longiflora, Krainzia longiflora, Phellosperma longiflora, Mammillaria stamperfi
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M. longiflora subsp. stamperfi
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Picture taken at: CandJ Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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