Opuntia schottii
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Opuntia schottii, Engelm. A wide-spreading, prostrate plant, 4-6 in. high, with numerous short, curved branches: joints short-calvate, rarely more than 2 in. long and armed with numerous dark-colored spines: areoles with white wool and very few bristles; exterior spines 6-10, very variable, ½in. long; interior usually 4, flattened or irregular, 1½-2 in. long, brownish red: fls. greenish yellow to reddish, 1½ in. wide: fr. short- clavate, the numerous areoles covered with white wool and many short bristles. Texas, Mex.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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