Opuntia chlorotica

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Cultivation

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Read about Opuntia chlorotica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Opuntia chlorotica, Engelm. Pig. 2600 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). A compact, upright, moderately branched plant, from 3-6 ft. high, the trunk and main sts. becoming woody and terete, and densely covered with long straw-colored bristles and spines: joints orbicular, somewhat glaucous, 6-10 in. diam.: areoles crowded, with fine, gray wool and very numerous golden yellow bristles of unequal length; spines 3-6, rarely none, on old sts. occasionally 40 or more, unequal angular, golden yellow, deflexed, usually 1 in. or less long: fls. yellow, 2-3 in. diam.: fr. deep purple, moderately bristly, edible, 1½ in. diam., broadly obovate to globose; seeds comparatively small, sometimes sterile. S. W. U. S. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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