Cactaceae
Texas nipple cactus
Mammillaria prolifera
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- ضرعاء منتشرة
- arz
- ضرعاء منتشره
- Chinese
- 黃毛球, 黄毛球, 多子球, 松霞, 金松玉
- English
- Texas nipple cactus, West Indian nipple-cactus
- German
- Korallenkaktus, Texas Nipple Cactus
- Russian
- Маммиллярия побегоносная, Маммиллярия израстающая
- Spanish
- Biznaga Prolifera
Synonyms
- Cactus glomeratus Lam.
- Cactus griseus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
- Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer Aiton
- Cactus proliferus Mill.
- Cactus stellaris Salm-Dyck
- Cactus stellatus Willd.
- Chilita prolifera (Mill.) Orcutt
- Ebnerella prolifera (Mill.) Buxb.
- Escobariopsis prolifera (Mill.) Doweld
- Escobariopsis prolifera subsp. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Doweld
- Mammillaria glomerata (Lam.) DC.
- Mammillaria grisea Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria prolifera f. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Krainz
- Mammillaria prolifera subsp. haitiensis (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria prolifera var. prolifera
- Mammillaria pusilla DC.
- Mammillaria pusilla f. major (Pfeiff.) Schelle
- Mammillaria pusilla var. haitiensis K.Schum.
- Mammillaria pusilla var. major Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria stellaris Haw.
- Neomammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Britton & Rose
- Neomammillaria prolifera var. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Y.Itô
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: José Miguel Acuña Guerra, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Miguel Acuña Guerra, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Díaz, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.