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Family: Cactaceae
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Country of Origin: Mexico - Baja California Sur
Description: Shrubby, trailing gray woody stems, 6.5 to 10 feet long (2 to 3 m), 0.6 in. in diameter (1.5 cm), young stems light green; round darker areoles with many large brown glochids; one or more spines, 2 in. long (5 cm), with grey base and darker tips.
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Beard
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Opuntioideae
- Tribe: Cylindropuntieae
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References:
- Desert Tropicals
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