Pink Wildflower
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Name: Cylindropuntia
fulgida (Opuntia fulgida) Common Name: Jumping Cholla, Chainfruit Cholla Flower Color: Pink, lavender Plant Type: Cactus, Shrub, Tree, Perennial Height: To 10 feet (3 m) tall, but usually less Date Observed: June 30, 2003 Notes: The up to 1 inch (2.54 cm) wide flowers have a pink style and whitish stigma lobes. The flowers bloom in the summer at the ends of the proliferating green fruit chains. Sections of the variably spiny stems easily detach (jump) and can take root, forming new plants. |
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