Austrocylindropuntia lagopus (Austrocylindropuntia lagopus)
Description
Austrocylindropuntia lagopus grows in very dense, large pads of more than 1 meter in diameter and a height of 60 centimeters. The humped and densely hairy shoot sections are short cylindrical and up to 25 inches and more long. Occasionally, they are shorter and spherical. From the Areole there are very fine up to 2 centimeters long hair originate in only one row. The white, slightly sloping glochids are sparse and from 1 to 1.5 inches in length. The up to 7 millimeters long leaf trudiments are hidden between the hairs. The single yellow thorn is 2 to 2.5 inches long. The golden yellow flowers are 2 to 3 inches long. The pericarp is hairy towards the tip. The egg-shaped, thin-walled fruits are bright yellow-green before maturity and then turn bright pink.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Austrocylindropuntia
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