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Endangered
Cultivar
Opuntia microdasys cv. Albospina
( = forma albospina or albata)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Opuntia microdasys cv. Albospina
Author
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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.