Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia imbricata > Opuntia imbricata
Opuntia imbricata
Devils Rope, Tree Cactus
Origin: United States of America and Mexico.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| imbricata |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata |
| Height |
| 1-2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Small tree or shrub with prominent tubercles, its spines are densely grouped together and is especially painful when touched. |
| Cultivation |
| Gravelly or sandy soils. |
| Habitat |
| Hills, flats, valleys and plains in grasslands at an altitude of 1,200-1,800 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Straight red or pink spines, 10-30 per areole and spread in all directions, 1.2-3 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| 5-7.5 cm in diameter, reddish-purple in colour, narrow and obovate. Filaments are a purplish-green and 6 mm long with yellow anthers. |
| Fruit Description |
| Yellow fleshy fruit, spineless and obovoid, 2.5-4.5 cm in length and 2-3 cm in diameter. |
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