Pronunciation: ma-mil-AIR-ee-a di-OH-ik-a
Common name: Fishhook cactus
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Sandy places below 500', coastal sage
scrub and chaparral, and higher dry places to 5000',
creosote bush scrub, west edge Colorado Desert,
Santa Rosa Mts to Baja, Torrey Pines
Blooming period: February to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Mammillaria
2) dioica