Living Rocks of Mexico
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. retusus
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Location: Nuevo Leon
   

Photo: Wolter ten Hoeve
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Ariocarpus retusus LRM193, A typical white flowering plant

Ariocarpus retusus LRM193, a plant with unusual pink edged yellowish flowers.

Ariocarpus retusus LRM193, a pink flowered specimen photographed in October 1997.

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An interesting population of A. retusus in the north of Nuevo Leon, the majority of plants are typical 'furfuraceus'  type A. retusus, but pink and bicoloured flowers occur in a minority of specimens as in the Aramberri populations over a 100km further south.

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