Cream Pincushion - Mammillaria gummifera var. A low plant with a top almost level with the ground, appearing as a a circular patch of spines on the ground, often well hidden and easily missed. With rain these plants seem to appear from out of nowhere as they expand with moisture. Common in the lower elevations of the Santa Rita and Catalina Mts. Conical tubercules each bearing a boquet of spines.
Flowers bud in a ring around the top of the plant.
Mammillaria gummifera var. Mature seed pods of Mammillaria gummifera var.