Mammillaria compressa

{{Short description|Species of cactus}}

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|image = Mammillaria Compressa in Jardin de Cactus on Lanzarote, June 2013 (1).jpg

|genus = Mammillaria

|species = compressa

|authority = DC., 1828

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Mammillaria compressa, commonly called mother of hundreds, is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae.{{cite book |last1=Wiersema |first1=John H. |last2=León |first2=Blanca |title=World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition |publisher=CRC Press |year=2016 |location=Boca Raton |isbn=978-1466576810 |page=431 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIrNBQAAQBAJ&q=%22Mammillaria+compressa%22&pg=PA431 |access-date=17 February 2020 |via=GoogleBooks}} It is native to northern and southern Mexico, and is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It blooms in the winter and early spring, with bell-shaped flowers that range from a purplish pink to red color.{{cite web |title=Mammillaria compressa |url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/11897/Mammillaria_compressa |website=LLIFLE |date=14 November 2005 |access-date=17 February 2020}} Its curved spines were traditionally used as hooks for fishing.