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Opuntia triacantha. Sweet. An upright, tree-like plant, reaching 10-12 ft. in height: joints often very large, occasionally 18 in. long and 10 in. wide, obovate, thick, grayish green: areoles remote, from 1¼-1½ in. apart, with short grayish wool and yellow bristles; spines 3-4, white, with yellow points and bases, 1 in. or less long: fls. 2½-3 in. wide, carmine to orange-yellow: fr. elliptical, 1½-2 in. long; pulp acid. W. Indies.
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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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