Opuntia tuna, (L.) Miller
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1. O. tuna (L.) Miller View in CoL , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3 (1768).
Shrub up to 1 m; joints 8-10(-16) cm, obovate to oblong, readily detachable. Leaves 4-5 mm; areoles large, brown; spines in groups of (2-)3-5(-6), up to 5 cm, slightly spreading, light yellow; glochids yellow. Flowers c. 5 cm in diameter, yellow, usually tinged with red; filaments short, greenish below; style and stigma-lobes cream or yellowish. Fruit c. 3 cm, obovoid, red; seeds 3-4 mm wide. Locally naturalized in S. Europe. [Ga It Lu.] (West Indies.)
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Opuntia tuna
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |