Cylindropuntia rosea
Cylindropuntia rosea
Cylindropuntia rosea is a plant of the genus Cylindropuntia in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet rosea means (Latin roseus) rosy, rosy red '. English common names are " Branched Pencil Cholla " and " Diamond Cholla ".
Description
Cylindropuntia rosea grows bushy, branched from the base with ascending branches and reaches stature heights of 20 to 50 centimeters. On the gray-green, cylindrical, 10 to 15 centimeters long and 1.6 to 2.5 centimeters in diameter measured drive sections are clearly visible hump. The large areolae are 2 to 3.5 inches apart. They carry 2 to 5 millimeters long yellow glochids. The four to nine spines, sometimes only a single present, are needle-like, yellow to reddish to gray and 1 to 4 inches long. Your papierigen, yellowish vaginal cover the thorns not complete.
The pink flowers have lengths from 3.8 to 4 centimeters. The inverted conical to obovate, yellow fruits are tuberculate spines and clear. They are 1.6 to 1.8 inches long, and have diameters from 1.1 to 1.4 centimeter.
Systematics and distribution
Cylindropuntia rosea is widespread in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, México, Puebla and Tlaxcala.
The first description as Opuntia rosea by Augustin - de Candolle Pyrame was published in 1828. Curt Backeberg put the type in 1958 in the genus Cylindropuntia.