Grusonia clavata

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 2 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2. to 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 84 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 84.
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Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Read about Grusonia clavata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Opuntia clavata, Engelm. A low, spreading plant, 4-6 in. high, forming dense mats of ascending joints 4-5 ft. diam.: joints 1-3 in. long and 1 in. thick, armed with numerous short, flat spines: areoles with white wool and rigid, white bristles; exterior spines 6-14, white, ⅙-¾ in. long, interior 4-7, larger, flattened, scabrous and ½-1¼ in. long, one of the central spines usually very broad: fls. yellow, 1½ in. wide: fr. long-clavate, yellowish, dry, 1¼-1½ in. long, armed with many white radiating bristles. Nev., New Mex.


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