Opuntia aurea
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Opuntia aurea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Genus: | Opuntia |
Species: | O. aurea
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Binomial name | |
Opuntia aurea E.M.Baxter
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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
- ^ "Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.)5(6): 489, 1983" (PDF). Opuntia Web.
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