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Gold Lace Cactus
Gold Lace Cactus
Mammillaria elongata
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
10-20 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Uncommon

About

Gold Lace Cactus is a small cactus from central Mexico that grows to 15 cm tall by 30 cm wide. It has clusters of elongated oval stems covered in harmless yellow or brown spines and blooms in spring with white or yellow flowers.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Mammillaria
Species
Mammillaria elongata