Opuntia tetracantha

Opuntia tetracantha subsp. var.
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[hide]Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Opuntia tetracantha, Toumey. An irregularly branching shrub, 2-5 ft. high, primary branches from a stout, upright trunk 2-4 in. diam., and bearing numerous short lateral ones at irregular intervals: joints very variable in length, usually 4-10 in. long and ½ in. thick: areoles with whitish wool and a crescent-shaped tuft of light brown bristles; spines 4, rarely more or less, ¾-1½ in. long, stout, loosely sheathed, straw-colored, flattened, strongly deflexed, not increasing in numbers on older joints: fls. greenish purple, ½-1 in. broad: fr. obovate to subglobose, ½-1 in. long, juicy, scarlet, unarmed, or with a few stiff deflexed spines. Ariz.— One of the most attractive of the cylindrical opuntias on account of its numerous bright scarlet frs. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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