Mammillaria zeilmanniana
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Mammillaria
Species:	M. zeilmanniana
Binomial name
Mammillaria zeilmanniana Boed.

Description

This small cactus grows up to 12 cm high and up to 8 cm wide. When young this species has wooly areoles though when mature it has 13–15 radiant spine and 4 central spines one being hooked. The flowers are 2 cm across and usually occur in a ring along the top of the plant, var. albiflora is a variation not known to occur in the wild.[2]

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  A forked specimen
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  var. albiflora

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