Description: This species originates in the Mexican states of Hidalgo and Queretaro, where it grows at altitudes of 3000 - 7000 feet. It colonizes rocky valleys and gullies. Common names include - "Finger Mound", "Peyotillo" , "Nipple Cactus" Other names have included - Neomammillaria longimamma, Cactus longimamma, Dolichothele longimamma, Dolichothele uberiformis, Mammillaria longimamma var. uberiformis, Dolichothele longimamma ssp. uberiformis, Cactus uberiformis, Mammillaria uberiformis, Neomammillaria uberiformis, Cactus alpinus, Mammillaria alpina, Mammillaria laeta The species name "longimamma" comes from the Latin for "long nipple" which refers to the tubercles of the plant, while "uberiformis" which appears in Dolichothele uberiformis means "shaped as an udder". Date: 15 June 2009, 10:54. Source:
Dolichothele (Mammillaria) longimamma. Author:
Leonora Enking from West Sussex, England. Camera location
50° 49′ 41.04″ N, 0° 28′ 25.22″ W : View all coordinates using:
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50.828066; -0.473672.