- Source: Opuntia quitensis
Opuntia quitensis is a species of columnar cactus found in Peru and Ecuador.
Description
The plant extends with small stems, forming a large shrub with a size of 0.4 to 3 meters high. The pads are flattened, elongated and almost circular, bare and well connected. They are 6 to 40 cm long and 5 to 13 cm wide.
From the areoles emerging brown glochids, 2 to 4 millimeters long, with two to seven spines that are sometimes missing, like needles and on the top a few beards. They are yellowish white, flattened at the top of 0.5 to 8 centimeters. The unisex flowers are orange-red to yellow-orange, 2.3 - 7 centimeters long and have diameters of 1 - 2.5 centimeters. The fruits are barrel-shaped, brown-green in color and are ripen reddish, 2.5 to 4 cm long and 2 to 4 cm in diameter. They are adorned with glochids and sometimes thorns or bristles.
References
External links
Media related to Opuntia quitensis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Opuntia quitensis at Wikispecies
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Opuntia
- Opuntia quitensis
- List of Opuntia species
- List of least concern plants
- List of data deficient plants
- List of critically endangered plants
- List of near threatened plants
