Living Rocks of Mexico
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. retusus
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Location: Miquihuana, Tamaulipas
     
Ariocarpus retusus Ariocarpus retusus Ariocarpus retusus
A. retusus LRM178, habitat near Miquihuana.

A. retusus LRM178, a large plant with broad flat tubercles.

A. retusus LRM178, a typical flowering specimen.
     

Comments

This is one of the three locations where we have seen this species in the state of Tamaulipas.  The plants here have very broad triangular tubercles with a small areole at the tip and white flowers.  The plants were found  on the low southerly slopes of moderately high limestone hills.

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