Opuntia engelmannii

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Read about Opuntia engelmannii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Opuntia engelmannii, Salm-Dyck. Fig. 2601. An erect to semi-prostrate, profusely branching, coarse plant, 2-5 ft. high, forming large, impenetrable thickets, usually with a short, more or less terete, woody trunk, with grayish bark which becomes unarmed with age: joints broadly obovate to orbicular, pale to bluish green, very variable in size, in large specimens 12-14 in. long and nearly as wide, moderately thick: areoles remote, about 1 in. apart, with gray wool and large, rigid, gray to yellow, unequal bristles: spines mostly 2-4, sometimes 1-3 small additional ones, very variable, horny, variously colored, mostly yellow, or white with reddish base, usually compressed or angular and curved or twisted: fls. yellow, red within, fading to red, 2½-3 in. diam.: fr. broadly pyriform to globose, frequently 2 in. diam., dark purple, with insipid purple flesh. U. S. and Mex.— This species, with its numerous varieties, is the most widely distributed and abundant of the large flat- stemmed opuntias in the U. S. It varies greatly in different localities, and its many forms have not as yet been adequately defined. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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