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Mammillaria grahamii
The 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide flowers are followed by bright red, 1 inch (2.5 cm) long fruit. Desert rodents eat the ripe fruit. Numerous, grayish, radial spines cover the short stems. The fewer upright central spines are dark colored and curved like fishhooks.
Hillside along desert wash in development.
Spotted on Nov 2, 2014
Submitted on Dec 18, 2014
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