Mammillaria vetula

Mammillaria vetula Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 338 (1832) (syn: Cactus gracilis (Pfeiff.) Kuntze ; Cactus pulchellus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze ; Cactus regius (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze ; Cactus vetulus (Mart.) Kuntze; Chilita fragilis (Salm-Dyck ex K.Brandegee) Orcutt ; Chilita vetula (Mart.) Orcutt ; Escobariopsis gracilis (Pfeiff.) Doweld ; Escobariopsis vetula (Mart.) Doweld; Krainzia gracilis (Pfeiff.) Doweld ; Mammillaria fragilis Salm-Dyck ex K.Brandegee ; Mammillaria gracilis Pfeiff. ; Mammillaria gracilis var. fragilis A.Berger ; Mammillaria gracilis var. pulchella (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck ; Mammillaria gracilis f. pulchella (Salm-Dyck) Schelle ; Mammillaria grandiflora Salm-Dyck ; Mammillaria kuentziana P.Fearn & B.Fearn ; Mammillaria magneticola J.Meyrán ; Mammillaria pulchella Salm-Dyck ; Mammillaria regia C.Ehrenb. ; Mammillaria vetula subsp. gracilis (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt ; Mammillaria vetula subsp. lacostei Plein & Heinr.Weber ; Mammillaria vetula subsp. magneticola (J.Meyrán) U.Guzmán ; Neomammillaria fragilis (Salm-Dyck ex K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose; Neomammillaria vetula (Mart.) Britton & Rose);
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Mexico (Guanajuato to Veracruz) as per POWO;
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Cactus For ID : Nasik : 060714 : AK-10 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
A small, cultivated Cactus at a Cactus Nursery in Nasik.
Picture taken on 27/2/14.

Mammillaria gracilis fragilis. ??

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Cactus For ID : Nasik : 050714 : AK-7 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
A small, cultivated Cactus at a Cactus Nursery in Nasik.
Picture taken on 27/2/14.

This could be Mammillaria vetula ssp. gracilis, Mammillaria ‘Arizona Snowcap’ as suggested in another thread.

References:
POWO
https://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/9167/Mammillaria_gracilis

Updated on November 17, 2025

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