Old Woman Cactus
Mammillaria hahniana
Plantae
NEAR THREATENED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-30 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Desert
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Near Threatened
About
This spherical cactus grows in the rocky highlands of central Mexico. It sprouts a ring of reddish purple flowers around its crown during the spring.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully 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 hahniana