Opuntia monacantha, Haw.
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3. O. monacantha Haw. View in CoL , Suppl. Pl. Succ. 81 (1819)
( O. vulgaris auct., non Miller).
Somewhat tree-like, 2-4(-6) m, often with cylindrical, spiny or smooth trunk 15 cm in diameter, usually much-branched at apex; joints 10-30 cm, ovate to oblong, narrowed at base, bright shining green. Leaves 2-3 mm, subulate; areoles shortly lanate; spines 1—2(—10 on trunk), 1-4 cm, erect, yellowish to dark reddish. Flowers golden-yellow; filaments greenish; style white; stigma-lobes white. Fruit 5-7- 5 cm, obovoid, reddish-purple, long-persisting, sometimes proliferous. Naturalized on the coast of S.E. France and possibly elsewhere. [?Co Ga?He?Hs?It?Lu.] (E. South America.)
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Opuntia monacantha
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
O. monacantha
Haw. 1819: 81 |