Common name: Devil's Rope Pear, Rope Pear
Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M.Knuth APNI* Synonyms: Cereus imbricatus Haw. APNI*
Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC. APNI*
Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb. APNI*
Description: Much-branched spiny plant, often 2–3 m high, with segments growing at all angles to the upright branches. Segments 3–5 cm diam., 30–40 cm long with short, raised, laterally flattened tubercles.
Leaves 8–24 mm long. Glochids yellow, c. 1 mm long; spines 2–3 cm long.
Flowers 4–9 cm diam., < 6 cm long, perianth purple.
Fruit 3–5 cm diam., yellow, spineless.
Distribution and occurrence: This species is common around mining settlements in western areas of N.S.W. Native of U.S.A. and Mexico.
NSW subdivisions: *SC, *NWS, *CWS, *SWP, *NFWP
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by G.J. Harden (1990)
Taxon concept:
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