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Mammillaria petterssonii is a small, globular to cylindrical cactus native to northeast Mexico, grown for its tidy form and spination. Key to success is bright light, sharp drainage and watering only when the soil is fully dry.
Mammillaria petterssonii is a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria, native to northeast and southwest Mexico. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mammillaria petterssonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
