Perennials, Tropicals > Opuntia > Opuntia kleiniae > Opuntia kleiniae var. tetracantha
Opuntia kleiniae
var. tetracantha
Origin: Southern United States of America and Mexico.
| Family |
| Cactaceae |
| Genus |
| Opuntia |
| Species |
| kleiniae |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Variety |
| tetracantha |
| Synonyms |
| Cylindropuntia kleiniae var. tetracantha |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Cultivation |
| Limestone soils. |
| Habitat |
| Desert flats, hills and washes and grasslands at an altitude of 600-900 m. |
| Leaf Description |
| Cylindroid leaves, 12-16.5 mm long, greyish pink, closely and evenly distributed spines, straight and slightly point downward, 1-4 per areole, 2-2.3 cm in length. |
| Flower Description |
| Green flowers edged in brown or red, 3-4.5 cm in diameter, red or greenish filaments 6-9 mm long and 1-1.5 mm long anthers. |
| Fruit Description |
| Red fruit, fleshy, tuberculate, spineless and obovoid, 2 x 1.5 cm. |
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