Chenille pricklypear (Opuntia aciculata)
Description
This plant grows numerous stems covered with spines.[8] The stems have segments partly rounded at the apex. They are faded and dull grey-green, more or less glaucous.[6] They measure 10?20 cm in length. The leaves are acicular and ephemeral. The aeroles are often spineless with symmetrical regularity of them on the body.[9] They are large, widely separated.
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
-
-
Class: Magnoliopsida
-
-
Order: Caryophyllales
-
-
Family: Cactaceae
-
-
Genus: Opuntia
-
-
-
-
-
-
