Cactaceae
Rat-tail nipple cactus
Mammillaria pottsii
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Rat-tail nipple cactus, Pott's nipple-cactus, Rattail nipple cactus
- Spanish
- Biznaga de Potts
Synonyms
- Cactus pottsii (Sheer ex Sheer) Kuntze
- Chilita pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt
- Coryphantha pottsiana (Poselg.) A.D.Zimmerman
- Coryphantha pottsii (Scheer) Orcutt
- Echinocactus pottsianus Poselg.
- Krainzia pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Doweld
- Leptocladia leona (Poselg.) Buxb.
- Mammillaria leona Poselg.
- Mammillaria pottsii var. gigas Repp.
- Mammillaria pottsii var. multicaulis Repp.
- Neomammillaria pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sharktapus aka Sharktopus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, 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: 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: 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.