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Cylindropuntia versicolor - Staghorn Cholla (Bronze-flowered) Cylindropuntia versicolor - Staghorn Cholla (Bronze-flowered)
Scientific Name: Cylindropuntia versicolor (Opuntia versicolor)
Common Name: Staghorn Cholla
Flower Color: Red, orange, yellow, yellow-green, pink, bronze
Plant Type: Cactus, Shrub, Perennial
Height: To 7 feet (2.1 m) tall or more
Date Observed: May 17, 2003
Notes: The flowers have yellow-green anther filaments and white to bronze styles. The mostly spineless, yellow-green to reddish purple fruits stay attached all winter and are tuberculate, swelling to smooth.
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