Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia spinosior > Opuntia spinosior
Opuntia spinosior
Toumey Cane Cholla
Origin: United States of America and Mexico.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| spinosior |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia spinosior |
| Height |
| 1-2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Shrub or small tree with dense grey spines and stunning purple, occasionally red or yellow flowers. |
| Habitat |
| Flats, valleys and plains in deep soils at an altitude of 600-1,200 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Acicular and thin 9-12 mm in length and 1.5 mm in diameter. Spines are straight, grey and about 10-20 per areole, spread in all directions, 06-1.5 cm long. |
| Flower Description |
| 4.5-5 cm in diameter a beautiful purple colour, occasionally red or yellow, filaments are purple, 4.5-6 mm long, yellow thin anthers, 2.25 mm in length. |
| Fruit Description |
| Bright yellow in colour, obovoid, fleshy and spineless, 2.5-4.5 cm long and 2-2.5 cm in diameter. |
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