Opuntia leucotricha
Habit | cacti-succulent
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Water: | ◍ | dry |
Features: | ✓ | flowers |
Flower features: | ❀ | yellow |
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Opuntia leucotricha is a tree-like cactus, growing up to 5 m tall. It occurs in the mountains of central Mexico. The platyclades have a thin fuzz of white hairs on their joints.
Common names are: Arborescent Prickly Pear, Aaron's beard cactus, semaphore cactus.
Read about Opuntia leucotricha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Opuntia leucotricha, DC. (O. fulvispina, Salm-Dyck). An upright, numerously branched plant, sometimes reaching the height of 10 ft.: joints elliptical or narrower, mostly rounded at the end, 8-10 in. long and half as wide, dark green: areoles small, with white or whitish gray wool and numerous short brown bristles; spines very slender, mostly 4 at first, but later as many as 10-12; some reach the length of 3-4 in.: becoming bristle-like and very flexible: fls. 2-3 in. wide, yellow, with reddish center: fr. spherical, 1-1¼ in. diam., pale green to white, thickly beset with velvety wool and brownish yellow bristles; pulp sweet, edible. Mex.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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