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title: "Can anyone tell me what type of cactus this is?"
description: "Can anyone tell me what type of cactus this is?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/6G6uiiPiT96mmIt_d0HuGg"
community: "Plant Identification"
author: "Fraser"
published: "2024-08-01T18:28:25.51717Z"
language: "en"
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# Can anyone tell me what type of cactus this is?

_Posted by Fraser on 2024-08-01_

Can anyone tell me what type of cactus this is?

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![Attachment 2 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-SOOGJMIU6QMokOV-4yrrcKQ5fiGVgn41LPEhoRg8Fg/LfJr_cUlR7mId88rjhNXvw.webp?size=large)

## 7 comments

### meptune ★ commented on 2024-08-01

Going off of the second image looks like a spiny pincushion cactus

#### Nancy Glisan replied on 2024-08-08

Don’t know

#### Fraser replied on 2024-08-08

Thanks for the suggestion, I thought i had already replied

### Bean commented on 2024-08-06

i actually think it might be a mammillaria cactus bases off (mostly the first image) and the look of its spines?

#### Fraser replied on 2024-08-08

Thank you I'll see if it matches it

### Nancy Glisan commented on 2024-08-08

Don’t know!

### Nancy Glisan commented on 2024-08-08

Don’t know!

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