Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia schottii > Opuntia schottii var. grahamii
Opuntia schottii
var. grahamii
Origin: New Mexico and Texas, United States of America.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| schottii |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Variety |
| grahamii |
| Height |
| 7-10 cm |
| Spread |
| 1-3 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| Low forming mats or clumps with large terminal, green joints. |
| Cultivation |
| Sandy soils. |
| Habitat |
| Dessert dunes and flats at an altitude of 700-1,500 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Spines are long and generally on the upper areoles, tan or grey with a hue of pink or red, 8-12 per areole, horizontal and straight, 2.5-5 cm in length and 1mm in width. |
| Flower Description |
| Yellow flowers, with yellow sepaloids, anthers and fillaments, 5 cm in diameter. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fleshy fruit, spineless, cup-shaped, yellow in colour and atop a short stalk, 4-5.5 x 1.2-4 cm. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Chihuahuan Dessert, Texas, United States of America. |
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