Opuntia puberula
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Opuntia puberula, Pfeiff. A numerous branched and upright plant, 2-3 ft. high: joints obovate or somewhat rounder, when young covered with very soft pubescence which becomes bright green with age: areoles with short brownish yellow wool and numerous short amber-colored bristles; spines 5-7, 1 in. or more in length, straight, cylindrical, white with amber-colored base, shining, the lower ones the longer: fls. 1 1/2 – 2 in. wide, greenish yellow: fr. oval, 1 1/2 in. diam., the many areoles bearing short wool and many bright amber-colored bristles; flesh sweetish; seeds many correspondingly small. Mex.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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