Mammillaria petterssonii is a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria, native to northeast and southwest Mexico.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Mammillaria petterssonii
Beginning to flower in January in Zacatecas, Mexico
Close-up of flowers ringing the crown
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Mammillaria
Species:	M. petterssonii
Binomial name
Mammillaria petterssonii Hildm.
Synonyms[1]
List Mammillaria apozolensis Repp. Mammillaria apozolensis var. saltensis Repp. Mammillaria heeseana McDowell Mammillaria huiguerensis Repp. Mammillaria obscura Hildm. Neomammillaria obscura (Hildm.) Britton & Rose Neomammillaria petterssonii (Hildm.) Britton & Rose

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