nopal tapón
Opuntia robusta
Summary 7
Opuntia robusta, wheel cactus, nopal tapon, or camuesa, is a species of cactus in the Cactaceae family. It is native and endemic to Mexico, North America.
Description 8
Plants are commonly around 1 m (40 in) high, though they may grow to over 3 m (10 ft) high when supported.
The flattened stem segments are fleshy, round and blue-grey in colour. These are up to 30 cm (1 ft) in diameter and have the length of sharp spines up to 5 cm (2 in). Yellow, sessile flowers with a fleshy base are produced on the edges of the upper stem segments. These are followed by barrel-shaped fleshy fruits which are pink or purple and up to 8 cm (3 in) long.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Mario Castañeda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mario Castañeda
- (c) Opuntia Cadereytensis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Opuntia Cadereytensis
- (c) Art Mur, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Art Mur
- (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés
- (c) Elizabeth Torres Bahena, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Elizabeth Torres Bahena
- (c) rpmundo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by rpmundo
- Adapted by Jeny Davis from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_robusta
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_robusta
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