Opuntia camanchica
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Opuntia camanchica, Engelm. & Bigel. A prostrate, widely spreading plant 1-2½ ft. high, and freely rooting at the lower margin of the joints: joints broadly obovate to orbicular, 4-6 in. long, moderately thick: areoles about 1 in. apart, with light brown short wool and yellowish brown bristles, mostly armed; spines very variable, usually 1-3, sometimes 3-6, on marginal areoles, reddish to blackish brown with lighter tips, variable in length, sometimes 2½ in. long: fls. 2½-3 in. wide, yellow, with reddish center: fr. oval to globose, sometimes pyriform, deep red, sweet, edible. 1-1½ in. diam. S. W. U. S. Var. gigantea, Hort., of the trade proves to be O. phaeacantha.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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