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Mammillaria laui subducta (Mammillaria laui subducta)

Description

Mammillaria laui subs.subducta is a low growing cactus species usually forming big clusters or cushions,densely covered with bristly spines.It differs from the standard species for its noticeably,somewhat stout,white,yellowish or rusty-red central spines.(the other subspecies lack distinct central spines)Stem: Depressed globose to globose or short oblong,to 6 cm tall and 4,5 cm in diameter.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Mammillaria