Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia whipplei > Opuntia whipplei
Opuntia whipplei
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| whipplei |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia whipplei |
| Height |
| 30-60 cm |
| Spread |
| 1-2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A bushy, mat-forming shrub with many stems and short lateral branches. |
| Habitat |
| Valleys, flats, plains and gentle slopes in deep soils at an altitude of 1,350-2,400 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Conical leaves, 1.5 mm in length. Spines are a pale pink colour, 4-7 per areole, straight and roughly 2-2.5 cm long. |
| Flower Description |
| 2-3 cm in diameter with pale yellow flowers and greenish yellow sepaloids, 6-9 mm long. |
| Fruit Description |
| Yellow spineless, fleshy fruit, obovoid and 2-3 cm in length. |
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