Opuntia rufida f. minima

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Opuntia rufida f. minima hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Opuntia rufida Engelm.
Syn. Cact. U. S. 42 (1856) emarks: preprint of Proc. Am. Acad. iii. (1857) 298. Engelm.

Opuntia rufida f. minima Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin.

Synonyms:

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Description: Has very small cladodes (joints) only 1-2 cm long. It forms very compact clusters.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Opuntia microdasys group

Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Lehm. ex Pfeiff.: has small pads without spines with closely set white, golden-yellow or brownish glochids. Distribution: Mexico, naturalized elsewhere.
Opuntia microdasys var. albispina Fobe & Backeb.: has numerous pure white hair-like glochids 2-3 mm long in dense clusters.
Opuntia microdasys var. pallida f. cristata hort.: twisted pads with bright yellow glochids.
Opuntia microdasys cv. Caress: glochidless no prickly form, gentle to the touch.
Opuntia rufida Engelm.
Opuntia rufida f. minima hort.

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