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title: "What is this cactus"
description: "What is this cactus"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/CRgFMArh5O24yMUgmlv9n8"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Ziah"
published: "2025-02-15T23:38:51.652511Z"
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# What is this cactus

_Posted by Ziah on 2025-02-15_

What is this cactus

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## 2 comments

### KJM commented on 2025-02-16

It's a mammalaria but there are many types of mammalaria and I don't know which one it is

### Dave\_opuntiaface commented on 2025-02-16

It appears to be Mammillaria spinosissima.

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