Mammillaria sheldonii
Common Name(s): Sheldon's Pincushion
Synonym(s): Neomammillaria sheldonii, Chilita sheldonii, Ebnerella sheldonii, Neomammillaria swinglei, Chilita swinglei, Mammillaria swinglei, Ebnerella swinglei, Mammillaria gueldemanniana, Chilita gueldemanniana, Mammillaria alamensis, Chilita alamensis, Mammillaria guirocobensis, Ebnerella guirocobensis, Mammillaria inaiae, Ebnerella inaiae, Chilita inaiae, Mammillaria marnieriana, Mammillaria grahamii sheldonii
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 4
p.156 - Britton & Rose (1920)Stems slender-cylindric, about 8 cm high; axils of tubercles without setae; radial spines 12 to 15, pale with dark tips, the 3 or 4 upper ones darker, a little stouter and 1 or 2 of them subcentral, the true central errect or porrect, with upturned hook at end; outer perianth-segments ciliate; inner perianth-segments about 10, broad, acute, light purple with very pale margins; filaments and style light purple; stigma-lobes 6, green; fruit clavate, 2.5 to 3 cm long, pale scarlet. |
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA
Photographer: Mike Wisnev
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection
Photographer: Juergen Menzel
Photographer's Website: Click Here
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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M. sheldonii
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Picture taken at: Private Collection
Photographer: Joel Lode
Photographer's Website: Click Here
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