Mammillaria parkinsonii Ehrenberg 1840 Mammillaria auriareolis 1933 Mammillaria rosensis R. T. Craig 1945 Mammillaria neocrucigera Backeberg 1961 Owl’s eye pincushion, owl’s eye
Owl’s eye cactus is native to Querétaro, Mexico, and is not found in the wild elsewhere in North America. Identification: Individual plants, globe-shaped or cylindrical in shape, later branch into multiple plants. Each stem is less than 6" (15 cm) high, and 4-6" (10-15 cm) around. The blue-green stems are fine, ⅛-³/₁₆" (4-6 mm) long, almost soft-looking, in groups of 30-40. Flowers are reddish before opening, then pale yellow and red. Reddish-orange fruits are less than ⅜" (1 cm) in length. References:
Anderson, Edward F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press, 2001, p. 435 Online References:
Mammillaria parkinsonii on Desert-tropicals.com Mammillaria parkinsonii on Dr. Giuseppe Mazza's PhotoMazza.com site Mammillaria parkinsonii at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Sonoran Desert Digital Library Mammillaria parkinsonii on CactiGuide.com Mammillaria parkinsonii description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
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