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Opuntia clavata, Engelm. Fig. 2605 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). A low, spreading plant, 4-6 in. high, forming dense mats of ascending joints 4-5 ft. diam.: joints 1-3 in. long and 1 in. thick,  armed with numerous short, flat spines: areoles with white wool and rigid, white  bristles; exterior spines 6-14, white, ⅙-¾ in. long, interior 4-7, larger, flattened, scabrous and ½-1¼ in. long, one of the central spines usually very broad: fls. yellow, 1½ in. wide: fr. long-clavate, yellowish, dry, 1¼-1½ in. long, armed with many white radiating bristles. Nev., New Mex.
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Opuntia clavata, Engelm. A low, spreading plant, 4-6 in. high, forming dense mats of ascending joints 4-5 ft. diam.: joints 1-3 in. long and 1 in. thick,  armed with numerous short, flat spines: areoles with white wool and rigid, white  bristles; exterior spines 6-14, white, ⅙-¾ in. long, interior 4-7, larger, flattened, scabrous and ½-1¼ in. long, one of the central spines usually very broad: fls. yellow, 1½ in. wide: fr. long-clavate, yellowish, dry, 1¼-1½ in. long, armed with many white radiating bristles. Nev., New Mex.
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Opuntia clavata, Engelm. A low, spreading plant, 4-6 in. high, forming dense mats of ascending joints 4-5 ft. diam.: joints 1-3 in. long and 1 in. thick, armed with numerous short, flat spines: areoles with white wool and rigid, white bristles; exterior spines 6-14, white, ⅙-¾ in. long, interior 4-7, larger, flattened, scabrous and ½-1¼ in. long, one of the central spines usually very broad: fls. yellow, 1½ in. wide: fr. long-clavate, yellowish, dry, 1¼-1½ in. long, armed with many white radiating bristles. Nev., New Mex.


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