Publication: Cact. Suc. Mex. 36: 62 (fig.). 1991
Description
Tiny solitary plant.
Stems: 2-3(-4) cm tall and in diameter, dark green. Axil naked.
Central spines: 4-5 (occasionally up to 8) hooked, flexible, yellowish with darker brown tip, short (approx 4-5 mm long)
Radial spines: About 30 white 5-6 m long.
Flowers: Pink with darker midveins, up to 15 mm accross.
Fruit: 2-4 mm in diameter, dark green, thin walled and firmly set within the tubercles.
Seeds: Black.
Gallery
Mammillaria tepexicensis© Valentino Vallicelli · source · CC-BY-SA
Mammillaria tepexicensis© Valentino Vallicelli · source · CC-BY-SA
- FO177 Vertical cliffs, North of Tamazulapan, Sierra Mixteca to San Francisco Teopan y Llano Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico. Altitude: 2200m© Valentino Vallicelli · source · CC-BY-SA 
