Mammillaria chlorantha Engelmann in Rothrock, Rept. U.S. Geogr. Surv. West 100th Merid., Vol. 6: Botany, 6: 127, 1878.
Rothrock, J.T.: Report upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian.
Vol. VI. Botany. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps. of Engineers, U.S. Army. Washington. Government Printing Office. 1878.
Description:
Mammillaria (Coryphantha) chlorantha, n. sp., Engelm. [as Mamillaria]
Similar to the last, but with broader yellow petals; stems oval to cylindrical, 3' wide; sometimes 8-9' high;
tubercles compressed from above; 20-25 outer spines gray, almost in 2 series; 6-8 or 9 inner ones stouter, 1/2-1'
long, reddish or brownish only at the tip; flowers yellowish or greenish-yellow, crowded on the top of the plant,
1 1/2' long and wide, often 1-2 small, fringed sepals on the ovary (which also occasionally is seen in vivipara);
sepals lanceolate, fringed; petals lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, denticulate; 7-9 whitish stigmas,
erect-spreading. - Southern Utah, east of Saint George, Dr. Parry I. E. Johnson
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