Family: Cactaceae

Genus: Lophophora

Species: williamsii

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001106

Common name: Devil's root, Mescal-buttons

English name: Peyote, Cactus pudding,

Arabic name: لوفوفورا

Native: Mexico

(PGR): Rare

Spineless cactus, Stem glaucous green, dull bluish, 
very succulent, globular, top-shaped, or somewhat flattened up to 6 cm tall, 12 cm diameter, with a woolly top ribs 5-13 
Ribs: (5 when young) 7 to 13 (very rarely 4 or 14 ) broad, rounded, straight, often tuberculate, sometimes irregular and indistinct, with transverse furrows forming more or less regular, polyhedral tubercles areoles  round spineless, bearing flowers only when young with some bunches of long erect, matted, wooly greyish hairs, up to 1 cm long flowers pink solitary fruit red to pinkish 2 cm long

Ornamental. Without peyote nothing would exist'. Traditionally, the tops of plants are carefully cut off, allowing the plant the chance to re-grow. These pieces are then dried and eaten. Ingestion leads to feelings of extreme nausea followed by hallucinations.

Mammillaria williamsii (Lem) JMCoult

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Texture: Rocky  Sandy Sandy loam

Fertility: High

Drainage: Moderately well drained

Topography: Desert

Salinity: Low

Water Sources: Moderate Water

Climates: Tropical

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Offsets

Flowering time: Late spring

Zone: 10a : 11a

pH range: 7.9-8.3

Status: G3 - Vulnerable

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Cactus

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Desert

Plant Uses: Indoor plant Medicinal Ornamental

Plant Populations density: Very Rare

Vegetation types: Sub tropical

pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline