Opuntia bigelovii

Opuntia bigelovii subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Opuntia bigelovii, Engelm. Fig. 2607 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). An erect, compact plant, 4-6 ft. high, rarely higher, with fragile woody skeleton which does not appear in joints of the first year's growth, the most densely spine-covered and difficult to handle of the cylindrical opuntias: joints readily detached and forming formidable burs, ovate, short- elliptical to long and cylindrical, with rounded ends, readily breaking from the plant and taking root, pale green, fragile, tumid, terminal ones frequently 3-5 in. long and half as thick: areoles close together, with white wool and pale yellow bristles; spines 10—20, some very small, increasing in number as sts. become older, straw- colored, loose-sheathed, 1 in. or less long, completely hiding the surface of the plant: fls. greenish red, 1 in. broad: fr. very spiny, ovate, 1J4-2 in. long and one- third as wide, few-seeded, mostly sterile. Ariz., Calif. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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