Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia arbuscula > Opuntia arbuscula
Opuntia arbuscula
Pencil Cholla
Origin: Arizona, United States of America and Mexico.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| arbuscula |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia arbuscula |
| Height |
| 0.6-1.2 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A compact dwarf tree or shrub, thing smooth branchlets with green or yellow flowers. |
| Cultivation |
| Sand and gravely soils. |
| Habitat |
| Deserts plains, valleys and flats at an altitude of 300-900 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Elongate and conical leaves, 9 mm in length with reddish or purplish tan spines, straight and slightly turned downward, 2-4 per aerole and 1-4 cm long. |
| Flower Description |
| Green or yellow flowers 2.5-4.5 cm in diameter, filaments 6-12 mm long and 2 mm long anthers. |
| Fruit Description |
| Green fruit with a purple or red hue, fleshy, smooth, spineless and obovoid, 4 x 2 cm, fruit sustained through the winter. |
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