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Mammillaria sphaerica
Also called Long Mamma Nipple Cactus, Longspine Nipple Cactus, Pale mammillaria
A small, clump-forming cactus whose pale green globular stems rarely exceed 5 cm across, bearing pale yellow flowers in summer. It needs full sun, very free-draining soil and a dry winter.
Mammillaria sphaerica, the longmamma nipple cactus or pale mammillaria is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to south eastern Texas in the USA and north eastern Mexico, where it occurs in scattered patches at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). It forms clumps of small pale green spheres (whence sphaerica) to 5 cm (2.0 in) in diameter, with short hairs and pale yellow flowers up to 3 cm (1.2 in) wide in summer.
Its status is listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN Red List.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mammillaria sphaerica 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.
