Mammillaria candida, the snowball cactus, is a species of cactus endemic to Mexico. When treated as Mammilloydia candida, it was the only species in the genus Mammilloydia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Snowball 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 stelladetacubaya
- Escobaria dasyacantha
- Mammillaria lasiacantha
- Escobaria sneedii
- Rapicactus beguinii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammilloydia
- Species
- Mammilloydia candida
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