Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia echinocarpa > Opuntia echinocarpa
Opuntia echinocarpa
Silver Cholla, Golden Cholla
Origin: Colorado Desert, United States of America.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| echinocarpa |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia echinocarpa |
| Height |
| 1-1.5 m |
| Spread |
| 5-7.5 cm |
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Cultivars
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Leaf Description |
| Stem and branches are made up of cylindrical segments, blueish green in colour. Spines are silvery, golden or pale yellow, densely placed on the branches and spread in all directions, 2-3.8 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| Greenish-yellow in colour, outer petals with a streak of red. |
| Fruit Description |
| Green turning light tan at maturity, obvoid-turbinate 1.2-2.5 cm in length with dense spreading spines on the upper portion. |
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