| Description | A selection of O.macrohiza with a consistent red throat. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (oh-PUN-shee-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Cactus |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | Found native to dry prairies and plains, soil needs to be dry and well drained |
| Flowers | yellow, have a red center, 7 or more parts, 2-3 inches, May-June, |
| Fruit | edible, red-purple fleshy, juicy |
| Stems | flat pads, tufts of bristles (glochids) |
| Dimensions | forms prostrate spreading mats up to five feet wide |
| Propagation | division, rooting of pads (stems) |
| Author's Notes | Relatively easy plants to grow if given the proper site, full sun and well drained. Probably the hardest thing to get use to is how they look in the winter. The pads get very shriveled and wrinkled looking very distressed.(Reference: |
| Notes & Reference | #69-Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada ( Gleason, Cronquist), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Black and Judziewicz)) |
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