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Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Mammillaria Haw., nom. cons. (タマオキナ)
Gekkyu-den (ゲッキュウデン, 月宮殿), cabeza de viejo (Spanish meaning oldman head)
Lifeform: perennial forb, up to 15 cm tall
Distribution: central and nortehrn Mexico between 2400 and 2800 m a.s.l.
Habitat: moss-covered boulders in pine forests at high altitudes
Use: ornamental, gardening
Synonyms:

Mamillopsis senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) F. A. C. Weber ex Britton et Rose, formerly used
Cactus senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) Kuntze

var. albiflora Hort., white flower
var. diguetii F. A. C. Weber
索引

Mammillaria senilis grown in a greenhouse


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.

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