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Mammillaria candida, the snowball cactus, is a small globe-shaped to cylindrical cactus from Mexico, covered in dense white spines and fine hairs. Like most cacti in this genus it is slow-growing and needs sharp drainage and sun to stay compact.
Mammillaria candida, the snowball cactus, is a species of cactus endemic to Mexico. When treated as Mammilloydia candida, it was the only species in the genus Mammilloydia.
This species originates from Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas).
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