Mammillaria candida

Translingual

Etymology

Mammillaria f +‎ Latin candida f (“shining white”).

Proper noun

Mammillaria candida f

1. A taxonomic species within the tribe Cacteae – the snowball cactus, a species of globe cactus whose thorns cover so much of its surface that its surface is obscured, thus seeming to be white.

Synonyms

• (homotypic species) Neomammillaria candida, Chilita candida, Mammilloydia candida

See also

• Mammillaria candida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mammillaria candida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mammillaria candida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons