Cactaceae

Owl's eye cactus

Mammillaria parkinsonii Ehrenb.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria

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Owl's eye cactus (Mammillaria parkinsonii) — FruitPhoto: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 白玉丸, 白玉球
English: Owl's eye cactus, Owl-eye cactus
Russian: Маммиллярия Паркинсона

Synonyms

Cactus parkinsonii (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Mammillaria auriareolis Tiegel
Mammillaria dietrichiae Tiegel
Mammillaria neocrucigera Backeb.
Mammillaria parkinsonii var. brevispina R.T.Craig
Mammillaria parkinsonii var. dealbata Frič
Mammillaria parkinsonii var. dietrichiae (Tiegel) Backeb.
Mammillaria rosensis R.T.Craig
Mammillaria tiegeliana Backeb.
Neomammillaria parkinsonii (Ehrenb.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria parkinsonii var. brevispina (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô
Neomammillaria rosensis (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô

Photos

FruitPhoto: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Sengpiel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sharktapus aka Sharktopus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sharktapus aka Sharktopus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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). About our plant data.