
Mammillaria sphacelata subsp. viperina Dwarf Cactus | Exact Plant
Mammillaria viperina is a dwarf creeping cactus Native to Oaxaca, Mexico. It’s even been documented growing as an epiphyte! Rings of pinstriped yellow and pink flowers through spring and summer. Dark Spines grow in a nice spiral pattern with a bit of white fur at the base of each. Exact plant shown in a 4" clay pot, shipped bare root. Taxonomy: Synonyms Has 8 Synonyms KB Homotypic Synonyms Escobariopsis viperina (J.A.Purpus) Doweld in Tsukkulenty 3: 42 (2000) Leptocladia viperina (J.A.Purpus) Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 82 (1951) Leptocladodia viperina (J.A.Purpus) Buxb. in Kakteen 15: CVIIIc (1960) Mammillaria elongata var. viperina (J.A.Purpus) W.T.Marshall in Cactaceae Ill. Keys: 180 (1941) Mammillaria sphacelata f. viperina (J.A.Purpus) Battaia & Zanov. in Piante Grasse 16: 18 (1996) Mammillaria viperina J.A.Purpus in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 148 (1912) Neomammillaria viperina (J.A.Purpus) Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 1: 124 (1930)