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Opuntia arbuscula, Engelm. A short, numerously branched, round-headed, arborescent plant, rarely reaching the height of 5 ft., but always with an upright, well-defined trunk, having rough, brown, unarmed bark: joints usually 2-4 in. long and ⅓ in. wide, easily broken from the plant: areoles comparatively large, with white wool and brush-like tufts of long, slender, yellow bristles; spines yellow, usually 1, frequently a small, slender, additional one at either side, ¾-1½ in. long, loosely sheathed: fls. bronze-colored, ¾-1 in. wide: fr. unarmed, of same color as joints, long, clavate, 1-2 in. long and one-third as wide, mostly sterile, fertile ones with a few remarkably large, irregular- spheroidal seeds. Ariz., Sonora.
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==References==
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*[[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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