Opuntia orbiculata
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Opuntia orbiculata is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet orbiculata means '(Latin orbiculatus) circular, circular'.
description
Opuntia orbiculata grows shrubby and forms wide groups with heights of up to 1 meter. The green to blue-green, circular to obovate or occasionally wedge-shaped shoot sections are up to 15 centimeters long and have awl leaf rudiments 2 to 3 millimeters long. The small areoles are covered with wool and sometimes with some hair . The up to six needle-like, sometimes twisted, yellow to reddish thorns are up to 4 centimeters long.
The yellow, reddish tinged flowers reach a diameter of up to 10 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia orbiculata is common in the Mexican state of Coahuila .
The first description by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer was published in 1837.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 469 .
