Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia prolifera > Opuntia prolifera
Opuntia prolifera
Coastal Cholla
Origin: California, United States of America and Mexico.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| prolifera |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia prolifera |
| Height |
| 1-2.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Small tress with an irregular dense or open crown forming thick grey-green thickets. |
| Cultivation |
| Fine soils. |
| Habitat |
| Hills and flats along the coast. |
| Leaf Description |
| Narrow conical leaves, 3 mm in length. Dense spines a reddish-brown colour in youth, maturing to a greyish green, 6-12 spines per areole, spread in all directions, 1.2-3 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| Beautiful magenta flowers 2.5 cm in diameter, green sepaloids, 6 mm long filaments and yellow anthers 1.5 mm long. |
| Fruit Description |
| Green fleshy fruit, smooth or slightly tuberculate, broad and 2-3 cm in diameter. |
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