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Form: Cactus
Seasonality: Evergreen
Size: 6ft tall, spread to 15 ft
Leaves: Thick pads, oval or rounded, areoles 1-1.5in apart with
spines at each; spines usually white or tan, sometimes reddish or brown
Flowers: Attractive, funnel-shaped yellow or orangey red
flowers on perimeter of pads, to 3in across; bloom April to May
Fruit: Edible fleshy fruit, egg-shaped, 3in long 1in across;
green ripening to purple; much loved by wildlife
Stems/Trunks: Forms woody stem at base, spreading upright form
Range/Origin: Desert southwest US and Mexico
Hardiness: Sunset Zones; 2,3, 7-24, 10
degrees
Comments: Low
litter, Medium thorns
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Exposure:
Full sun
- Water:
Low
- Soil:
Sandy, well drained
- Propagation:
Cuttings (pads)
- Maintenance:
Minimal
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