Mammillaria standleyi[2] is a species of the family
Cactaceae native to the
Sierra Madre Occidental of
Sinaloa,
Chihuahua and
Sonora. It has red-purple flowers surrounded by cottony pubescence. Fruits are red and edible, tasting like apples, although too small to be of much food value to humans.[3]
^Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.
Mammillaria standleyi[2] is a species of the family
Cactaceae native to the
Sierra Madre Occidental of
Sinaloa,
Chihuahua and
Sonora. It has red-purple flowers surrounded by cottony pubescence. Fruits are red and edible, tasting like apples, although too small to be of much food value to humans.[3]
^Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.