Cylindropuntia versicolor

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 Cylindropuntia versicolor subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Opuntia versicolor, Engelm. A small, numerously branched tree, 6-10 ft. high, with rounded head and a short trunk, having smooth, light brown or reddish brown, unarmed bark: joints much elongated, usually 6-12 in. long, sometimes 20, ⅔-¾ in. thick, deep green, more or less colored with red and purple: areoles with short gray wool and lighter colored bristles; spines variable, on terminal joints, usually from 5-13, older joints with 10-20, rarely, however, increasing in numbers after the second year, reddish brown, with inconspicuous, close-fitting sheaths, ¾ in. or less long: fls. bronze-colored, 1-1½ in. wide: fr. pyriform to clavate of same color as joints, never yellow, sometimes tinged with red or purple, unarmed or with a few persistent short spines, 1-2 in. long. Ariz., N. Mex.


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