Mammillaria elegans

Mammillaria elegans is a species of cacti in the tribe Cacteae. It is native to Mexico. Mammillaria elegans A.P. de Candolle 1828. is a 'nomen confusum' also applied to Mammillaria haageana subsp. elegans and refers both to Mammillaria geminispina with latex in the stem and to Mammillaria haageana, without latex in the stem
Habit: Solitary, seldom branching cactus.
Names brought to synonymy:Mammillaria elegans var. supertexta Schelle, 1907 or Mammillaria elegans var. lanata B.Hofmann, 1986, synonyms for Mammillaria supertexta