Little Nipple Cactus
Mammillaria heyderinative · Central Texas
Little Nipple Cactus is a shrub native to Central Texas. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms white, pink and yellow in Mar–Aug. Deer rarely browse it.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Shrub
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Bloom
- Mar–Aug · white, pink, yellow
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
Where it grows
304 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.