Opuntia aurantiaca

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 Opuntia aurantiaca subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Opuntia aurantiaca, Lindl. A numerously branched rather weak, semi-prostrate plant 3-5 ft. high: joints linear- lanceolate to lanceolate, 2-10 in. long, ½-1 in. wide, elliptical in transverse section, dark green); turgid: areoles with a tuft of grayish white wool and bright yellow bristles; spines 4-6, spreading, straight, stiff, brown to yellow, the longest less than 1 in. long: fls. yellow, 1½-2 in. wide: fr. carmine-red, globose, with short spines; seed with woolly hairs. Argentina.


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