Mammillaria voburnensis is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae. It is a freely clustering or solitary cactus native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The species is well known in cultivation as an ornamental plant due to its attractive spines, yellowish-red flowers, and relatively easy care requirements.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Woburn Cactus 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 scrippsiana
- Mammillaria geminata
- Mammillaria bocensis
- Mammillaria polythele
- Mammillaria petrophila
- Mammillaria beneckei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Species
- Mammillaria voburnensis
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