Cactaceae
Little nipple cactus
Mammillaria heyderi
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 帝龙, 御幸丸, 照星, 白雪丸
- English
- Little nipple cactus, Heyder's pincushion cactus
- Spanish
- Biznaga China
- Swedish
- Plattvårtkaktus
Synonyms
- Cactus hemisphaericus Small
- Cactus heyderi (Muehlenpf.) Kuntze
- Cactus sororius (Meinsch.) Kuntze
- Cactus texensis (Labour.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria buchheimiana Quehl
- Mammillaria hemisphaerica var. albispina Frič
- Mammillaria hemisphaerica var. nigrispina Frič
- Mammillaria hemisphaerica var. waltheri (Boed.) R.T.Craig
- Mammillaria heyderi f. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) Schelle
- Mammillaria heyderi var. bullingtoniana Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.
- Mammillaria heyderi var. heyderi
- Mammillaria heyderi var. waltheri (Boed.) Mottram
- Mammillaria lindheimeri Engelm. ex Hemsl.
- Mammillaria parrasensis Repp.
- Mammillaria sororia Meinsh.
- Mammillaria texensis Labour.
- Mammillaria waltheri Boed.
- Neomammillaria heyderi (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mary Emily Eaton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.