Opuntia > Opuntia stanlyi > Opuntia stanlyi var. kunzei
Opuntia stanlyi
var. kunzei
Kunze Cholla.
Origin: Colorado and Arizona, United States of America.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| stanlyi |
| Variety |
| kunzei |
| Height |
| 15 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Forms low compact mats or clumps, 2 or more joints, robust downward facing spines. |
| Cultivation |
| Sandy or clay soils. |
| Habitat |
| Broad dessert valleys at an altitude of 90-450 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Spines are tan to red or brown in colour, 26-33 per areole, straight and turned downwards, 5 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| Yellow flowers, 2.5-5 cm in diameter, 6 mm long green filaments and yellow anthers 1.5 mm in length. |
| Fruit Description |
| Yellow deciduous, fleshy fruit, smooth and densely spined, 8 x 2 cm. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Colorado Desert, Colorado, United States of America. Arizona Desert, Arizona, United States of America. |
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