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Name: Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Opuntia arbuscula) Common Name: Arizona Pencil Cholla Flower Color: Yellow-green, bronze, red Plant Type: Cactus, Shrub, Perennial Height: To 9 feet (2.7 m) tall, but usually less Date Observed: May 14, 2005 Notes: The flowers have green to bronze anther filaments, a whitish to red style, and yellow-green stigma lobes. The 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) diameter stems usually have 0 to 2 spines per areole, but there may be up to 4. The fruits are green to yellowish. |
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