Opuntia aurea

Opuntia aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Opuntia
Species: O. aurea
Binomial name
Opuntia aurea
E.M.Baxter

Opuntia aurea is a cactus that grows in southern UT and perhaps northern AZ. It is prostrate and forms irregularly sprawling plants to about 3-ft across. Occasionally a single pad may grow upright. The plants are spineless or have a few spines to multiple spines. Spines may be in the distal areoles only.[1]

References

  1. "Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.)5(6): 489, 1983" (PDF). Opuntia Web.


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