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Opuntia tetracantha, Toumey. An irregularly branching shrub, 2-5 ft. high, primary branches from a stout, upright trunk 2-4 in. diam., and bearing numerous short lateral ones at irregular intervals: joints very variable in length, usually 4-10 in. long and ½ in. thick: areoles with whitish wool and a crescent-shaped tuft of light brown bristles; spines 4, rarely more or less, ¾-1½ in. long, stout, loosely sheathed, straw-colored, flattened, strongly deflexed, not increasing in numbers on older joints: fls. greenish purple, ½-1 in. broad: fr. obovate to subglobose, ½-1 in. long, juicy, scarlet, unarmed, or with a few stiff deflexed spines. Ariz.— One of the most attractive of the cylindrical opuntias on account of its numerous bright scarlet frs.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
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==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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Opuntia tetracantha, Toumey. An irregularly branching shrub, 2-5 ft. high, primary branches from a stout, upright trunk 2-4 in. diam., and bearing numerous short lateral ones at irregular intervals: joints very variable in length, usually 4-10 in. long and ½ in. thick: areoles with whitish wool and a crescent-shaped tuft of light brown bristles; spines 4, rarely more or less, ¾-1½ in. long, stout, loosely sheathed, straw-colored, flattened, strongly deflexed, not increasing in numbers on older joints: fls. greenish purple, ½-1 in. broad: fr. obovate to subglobose, ½-1 in. long, juicy, scarlet, unarmed, or with a few stiff deflexed spines. Ariz.— One of the most attractive of the cylindrical opuntias on account of its numerous bright scarlet frs.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
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