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Mammillaria elongata
About
Mammillaria elongata, the gold lace cactus or ladyfinger cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico. Growing to 15 cm (6 in) tall by 30 cm (12 in) wide, it consists of densely packed clusters of elongated oval stems, covered in harmless yellow or brown spines, and in spring producing white or yellow flowers. It is among the most common and most variable of its genus in nature, and is a popular subject for cultivation. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
- Family
- Cactaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Mammillaria elongata
- Slug
- mammillaria-elongata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Species
- elongata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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