Cactaceae
Lacespine nipple cactus
Mammillaria lasiacantha
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 姬玉, 曙, 梦殿丸, 魔美丸
- English
- Lacespine nipple cactus, Lace-spine nipple cactus, Small pincushion cactus
- Spanish
- Biznaga de Espinas Pubescentes
Synonyms
- Cactus lasiacanthus (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Cactus lasiacanthus var. denudatus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
- Chilita denudata (Engelm.) Orcutt
- Chilita lasiacantha (Englem.) Orcutt
- Chilita lengdobleriana (Boed.) Buxb.
- Chilita magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Buxb.
- Chilita tacubayensis (Fedde) Buxb.
- Ebnerella denudata (Engelm.) Buxb.
- Ebnerella lasiacantha (Engelm.) Buxb.
- Ebnerella magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Buxb.
- Ebnerella tacubayensis (Fedde) Buxb.
- Escobariopsis lasiacantha (Engelm.) Doweld
- Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) Doweld
- Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Doweld
- Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Doweld
- Mammillaria denudata (Engelm.) A.Berger
- Mammillaria egregia Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.
- Mammillaria egregia Backeb.
- Mammillaria hermosana Linzen, Hoeve & Mart.-Aval.
- Mammillaria kupcakii Halda & Sladk.
- Mammillaria lasiacantha f. cuchillensis Rogoz. & Plein
- Mammillaria lasiacantha f. denudata (Engelm.) Schelle
- Mammillaria lasiacantha f. diablensis Rogoz. & Plein
- Mammillaria lasiacantha f. magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.
- Mammillaria lasiacantha f. stella-de-tacubaya (Heese) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.
- Mammillaria lasiacantha f. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Hoeve
- Mammillaria lasiacantha subsp. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria lasiacantha subsp. hyalina D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria lasiacantha subsp. lasiacantha
- Mammillaria lasiacantha subsp. magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria lasiacantha var. denudata Engelm.
- Mammillaria lasiacantha var. hamatispina Rogoz. & Plein
- Mammillaria lasiacantha var. minor Engelm.
- Mammillaria lasiandra var. denudata (Engelm.) Quehl
- Mammillaria lengdobleriana Boed.
- Mammillaria lengdobleriana Boed.
- Mammillaria magallanii Schmoll ex R.T.Craig
- Mammillaria magallanii var. hamatispina Backeb.
- Mammillaria neobertrandiana Backeb.
- Mammillaria stella-de-tacubaya subsp. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) Appenz. & Linzen
and 9 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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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
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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.