Mammillaria petterssonii

Mammillaria petterssonii
	Beginning to flower in January in Zacatecas, Mexico
	Close-up of flowers ringing the crown
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Mammillaria
Species:	M. petterssonii
Binomial name
	Mammillaria petterssonii; Hildm.
Synonyms
	List Mammillaria apozolensis Repp.; Mammillaria apozolensis var. saltensis Repp.; Mammillaria heeseana McDowell; Mammillaria huiguerensis Repp.; Mammillaria obscura Hildm.; Neomammillaria obscura (Hildm.) Britton & Rose; Neomammillaria petterssonii (Hildm.) Britton & Rose; ;

Mammillaria petterssonii is a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria, native to northeast and southwest Mexico.^[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[2]

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