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Mammillaria meiacantha
"nipple cactus"This Mammillaria meiacantha is growing only a few yards away
from Lophophora williamsii echinata in Brewster County, Texas.
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Notice that this species is hardy enough to have survived the freezes and drought that killed much of the candelilla.
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meiacantha often gets confused with Mammillaia heyderi.
They are easy to recognize and to differentiate if a person is familiar
with both of them. Compare them for yourself below. |
 Mammillaria meiacantha (right) contrasted to M. heyderi (left). Both are under cultivation in the Sul Ross Cactus Garden |
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