Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia versicolor > Opuntia versicolor
Opuntia versicolor
Staghorn Cholla
Origin: Arizona, United States of America.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| versicolor |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia versicolor |
| Height |
| 1-2.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A beautiful grey-green and purple low spreading shrub or small tree with prominent tubercles and large stunning flowers in a variety of colours. |
| Cultivation |
| Deep sandy soils. |
| Habitat |
| Canyons, washes and valleys in the desert at an altitude of 600-900 m. Commonly found in the Arizona Desert. |
| Leaf Description |
| Conic-cylindroid leaves 19 mm long. Spines are a reddish or grey colour, 7-10 per areole and spread in all directions, 0.6-1.5 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| Large flowers, 3-5.5 cm in diameter, a variety of colours; red, lavender, magenta, rose-purple, yellow, green, bronze, brown or orange. Red, green, lavender, purple or chocolate filaments, 6 mm in length and yellow anthers 1.5 mm long. |
| Fruit Description |
| Usually green however can have a purple, lavender or red hue, fleshy, spineless, obovoid, 2.5-4.5 cm in length and 2 cm in diameter. |
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