Mammillaria grahamii Fish Hook Cactus
CACTUS. Small, cylindrical, with central spines horizontal, dark
red to purple or brown, and distinctly hooked. Radial spines thin,
white, numerous enough to partially hide the tubercles. Plants may
have one to several stems. Flowers pink, in a ring just below the
top of the stem, blooming in May and sometimes again in late summer after
rain. Fruits elongate pear-shaped, bright red. Common throughout
the Empires and the smallest cactus to be found there. Formerly M.
microcarpa. A form of this plant with straight white central
spines has been called M. oliviae (rare in the Empires among granite
tors).
FAMILY: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)