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Endangered
CITES App. II
Opuntia clavarioides f. cristata
Handb. Kakteenkult. 43. 1907
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Opuntia clavarioides f. cristata
Author
Schelle
Chinese genus
仙人掌属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
The typical form has distinctive mushroom-like conical stems with flattened tops but monstrous forms with cristate fan-shaped or branching finger-like stems are widely seen in cultivation.Sometimes all three of these stem forms may be seen on a single plant. In the wild, it grows with just the tops of the stems exposed above ground.