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Mammillaria simpsonii (Engelm.) M.E.Jones
Zoe 3: 302. 1893 as Mamillaria
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (Britton & Brown), ed. 2. ed. 2, 2: 570, fig. 2983. 1913 Britton

Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
is an extremely hardy and very variable ball cactus of mountains and prairies of north America, the spines almost completely obscure the stems.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (Britton & Brown), ed. 2. ed. 2, 2: 570, fig. 2983. 1913
Synonymy: 20 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus simpsonii var. minor (Engelm.) Cockerell
Torreya 18: 180 180 1918
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus simpsonii subs. robustior (J.M.Coult.) Hochstätter
Gen. Pediocactus, Navajoa, Toumeya Revised 41. 1995
Synonymy: 4 Cultivars (1):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Simpson’s Footcactus, Mountain Ball Cactus, Simpson´s Hedgehog Cactus, Snowball Pediocactus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Pediocactus simpsonii group


18758 Ilham Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
11451 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

11457 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Cactus Art
11454 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

11455 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Cactus Art
11453 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

11450 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
15342 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria simpsonii (Pediocactus simpsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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