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Tunilla soehrensii

Scientific Name: Tunilla soehrensii (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt & J.Iliff
Synonym: Cactus ayrampo, Opuntia boliviensis, Opuntia cedergreniana, Opuntia multiareolata, Opuntia obliqua, Opuntia soehrensii, Opuntia tilcarensis, Platyopuntia soehrensii, Platyopuntia soehrensii var. tilcarensis , Platyopuntia tilcarensis, Tunilla tilcarensis
Family: Cactaceae

Tunilla soehrensii at the HBG (HBG 76759)

Origin: Peru, Bolivia, Chile

Type: Prostrate, up to 4 inches tall (10 cm.)

Stem: Up to 1.6 inches wide (4 cm.), up to 2.4 inches long (6 cm.), globular, slowlyClumping

Central spines: 2 to 12, up to 2.8 inches long (7 cm.), usually 5-8

Flowers: Yellow flowers, up to 2.2 inches long (5.5 cm.)

Fruit: Up to 1 inches long (2.5 cm.)

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