Pronunciation: ma-mil-AIR-ee-a tet-ran-SIS-tra
Common name: Fishhook cactus
Family: Cactaceae (Cactus)
Habitat: Sandy hills, valleys, washes, creosote bush
scrub to 4500', deserts
Blooming period: April
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Mammillaria
(2) tetrancistra