| Description | A cute looking plant with masses of irritating barbed spines that easily detach into fingers, clothes, etc. |
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| Pronunciation | (oh-PUN-shee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Cactus |
| Hardiness Zone | Cold 9-10, Sunset 11-24 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | dry out between waterings |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Flowers | bright yellow |
| Stems | The pads are velvety with bright yellow areoles and glochids. The stems are called pads or cladodes which are flattened stems. |
| Propagation | Detach a pad (very carefully), let the cut area air dry for a few days and than it will easily root in any well drained rooting media. |
| Native Site | Mexico |
| Misc Facts | Mexico |
| Author's Notes | Be careful when working with this plant. The nasty barbed spines get stuck in your fingers, you try to pull them out with your teeth and they get stuck in your lips (been there, done this). For a while one of my horticulture classes projects was to make a dish garden out of these plants. Lots of fingers with little spines embedded in them. |
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