Opuntia ramosissima
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Opuntia ramosissima, Engelm. (O. tessellata, Engelm.). Fig. 2610. A spreading bush, 2-5 ft. high, with numerous slender branches arising from a short trunk, 1-3 in. thick, and having dark, scaly bark: joints ashy to bluish gray, variable in length, ultimate ones 2-6 in., ¼-⅓ in. thick: areoles with sparse white wool and a few small yellow bristles; spines sometimes wanting, usually 1, stiff, erect, 1½-2 in. long, loosely sheathed: fls. reddish purple, ½-⅔ in. wide, dry, narrowly, obovate, 1 in. long, ⅓ in. wide, with 1 or 2 seeds, frequently sterile, armed with numerous long, grayish bristles. Ariz., Calif., Sonora.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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