Cactaceae
Mammillaria discolor
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- ضرعاء ثنائية الألوان
- arz
- ضرعاء ثنائية الالوان
- Chinese
- 异色丸
- Ukrainian
- Мамілярія дісколор, Мамілярія строката
Synonyms
- Cactus curvispinus (Otto) Kuntze
- Cactus depressus DC.
- Cactus discolor (Haw.) Kuntze
- Cactus pseudomammillaris Desf.
- Cactus spini Colla
- Chilita discolor Orcutt
- Mammillaria aciculata Hort.Berol. ex Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria albida Haage ex Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria amoena Hoppfer ex Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria canescens Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria confinis K.Schum.
- Mammillaria coniflora Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria curvispina Otto
- Mammillaria curvispina Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor f. pulchella (Otto ex Linke) Schelle
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. discolor
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. esperanzaensis (Boed.) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. longispina (Repp.) Rogoz. & Plein
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. ochoterenae (Bravo) U.Guzmán
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. pachyrhiza (Backeb.) Lodé
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. schmollii (Bravo) Linzen
- Mammillaria discolor var. aciculata Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. albida (Haage ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. coniflora Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. curvispina (Otto) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. longispina Repp.
- Mammillaria discolor var. nitens (Otto ex Linke) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. ochoterenae (Bravo) Repp.
- Mammillaria discolor var. prolifera Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria discolor var. schmollii (Bravo) Repp.
- Mammillaria esperanzaensis Boed.
- Mammillaria nitens Otto ex Linke
- Mammillaria ochoterenae (Bravo) Werderm. ex Backeb.
- Mammillaria pachyrhiza Backeb.
- Mammillaria porphyracantha Jacobi
- Mammillaria pseudomamillaris Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria pulchella Otto ex Linke
- Mammillaria schmollii (Bravo) Werderm.
- Mammillaria spinii Colla ex Salm-Dyck
- Neomammillaria amoena (Hoppfer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
and 3 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May, November (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FruitPhoto: Elisa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bungaosam83_second, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bungaosam83_second, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martha Gonzalez Herrera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martha Gonzalez Herrera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martha Gonzalez Herrera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martha Gonzalez Herrera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.