Mammillaria mercadensis is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to north and west Mexico.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mammillaria mercadensis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mammillaria gilensis
- Cochemiea barbata
- Mammillaria mathildae
- Mammillaria bocasana
- Parodia microsperma
- Cochemiea wrightii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Species
- Mammillaria mercadensis
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