Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Little nipple 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 heyderi
- Mammillaria uncinata
- Mammillaria melanocentra
- Mammillaria wagneriana
- Mammillaria grusonii
- Mammillaria peninsularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Species
- Mammillaria meiacantha
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