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Opuntia sulphurea

Scientific Name: Opuntia sulphurea G.Don in Loudon
Synonym: Opuntia brunnescens, Opuntia maculacantha, Opuntia vulpina, Platyopuntia sulphurea
Family: Cactaceae

As Opuntia brunnescens in Britton and Rose's The Cactaceae

Origin: Northern Argentina

Growth Habits: Low growing shrub; flat oval joints up to 8 inches long (20 cm); 2 to 8, grey-white central spines, often twisted, yellow-red glochids

Flower and fruit, as Opuntia brunnescens in Britton and Rose's The Cactaceae

As Opuntia maculacantha, in K. Schumann "Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen"

Blooming Habits:
Diurnal sulphur-yellow flowers in summer.

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