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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Opuntia microdasys var. albispina
Descr. Cact. Nov. 10. 1956
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Opuntia microdasys var. albispina
Author
Fobe & Backeb.
Chinese genus
仙人掌属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Freely clustering succulent with miniature pads. It forms a dense shrub, to 40-60 (occasionally more) cm high, up to1.5 m across.
Cladodes
7.5-15 cm long by half as wide.
Flowers
Lemon yellow flowers, 3-5 cm in diameter followed by red fruits.
Spines
It has no spines, but instead has numerous white hair-like glochids 2-3 mm long in dense clusters.