General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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Common names
  • Biznaga del Infiernillo
  • Mammillaria
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Mammillaria perbella
  • Synonym: Neomammillaria perbella
  • Synonym: Mammillaria pseudoperbella
  • Synonym: Neomammillaria pseudoperbella

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Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2020-06-29
Location: Baja California
Date: 2024-07-24
Summer
Location: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, AZ.
Date: 2015-01-18
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Aug 21, 2023 8:40 PM concerning plant:
    Solitary (for some time), then dichotomously branching Mammillaria with stems to 2.4 inches wide. On the small side for this group.

    Stem is glaucous green, bearing (0-)2 central spines, turning whitish with age; 14-18 white radial spines, the longest with black tips; and axils with wool and bristles. Reddish to pink flowers, red fruit.

    Old plants may form spectacular multiheaded clumps.

    From Guanajuato, Hidalgo, and Querétaro in north-central Mexico.

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